broadseal

See also: broad seal

English

Etymology

From broad +‎ seal.

Verb

broadseal (third-person singular simple present broadseals, present participle broadsealing, simple past and past participle broadsealed)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.
   • 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

     Thy presence broad-seals our delights for pure.

   • 1923, John Northern Hilliard, Overland Monthly and The Out West Magazine:

     Time has broadsealed his judgment.

Anagrams

• Arboledas, adorables, oar blades, oarblades

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “broadseal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)