verb/sɛ.le/
to seal (place a seal on); to seal (fasten something to prevent its being opened); to seal (close securely); to seal, guarantee; to seal (fix to a wall)
Inherited from Middle French sceller, from Old French seeler, from Vulgar Latin *sigellāre, from Latin sigillāre (“to seal”), from sigillum (“seal”). See sceau. Compare also Catalan segellar, Spanish sellar, Portuguese selar, Italian suggellare.