counterseal
English
Etymology
Verb
counterseal (third-person singular simple present counterseals, present participle countersealing, simple past and past participle countersealed)
- (transitive) To seal or ratify with another or others.[1]
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- like conditions, will have counter-sealed.
Noun
counterseal (plural counterseals)
- An additional seal applied to the reverse of the main seal.
References
- ^ “counterseal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.