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un⋅sealed

[uhn-seeld]
–adjective
1. not sealed; not stamped or marked with a seal: unsealed cargo.
2. not shut or closed with or as if with a seal: an unsealed letter; an unsealed crate.
3. not verified, certain, or confirmed: His fate was still unsealed.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME unseled; see un- 1 , seal 1 , -ed 2
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un⋅seal

[uhn-seel]
–verb (used with object)
1. to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed: to unseal a letter; to unseal a tomb.
2. to free from constraint, as a person's thought, speech, or behavior: Their friendship unsealed her vivacity.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME unselen; see un- 2 , seal 1


un⋅seal⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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un·seal   (ŭn-sēl')   
tr.v.   un·sealed, un·seal·ing, un·seals
To break or remove the seal of; open.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unseal 
c.1425, from un- (2) + seal (v.). Cf. M.Du. ontsegelen, O.H.G. intsigilan. Unsealed is recorded from 1377.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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