seal vb. (“ ” one's “lips, mouth” are not pre-S.; also “ ” one's “eyes,” for which see also SEEL)
1.
intr. to set one's seal (to something) Mer.V. I. iii. 153,
Tw.N. II. v. 105, 1H4 III. i. 269, Ven. 512; “ under
for,” to become surety for Mer.V. I. ii. 88.
2.
to bring to
completion or conclusion
Tim. V. iv. 54
“till we Have s-'d thy
full desire,”
Ham. IV. iii. 59
“s-'d and done”
; absol. Ant. IV. xii.
[xiv.] 49 “
then, and all is done.”
3.
“
up,” (i) to confirm fully
2H4 IV. v. 102
“Thou hast seal'd up my
expectation”
; (ii) to complete
1H6 I. i. 130
“the conquest fully. . .
s-'d up”
; (iii) to make up (one's mind) finally AYL. IV. iii.
59.
