obsign

Verb CEFR B1

əbˈsaɪn

Definitions

To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp.

Examples

“a. 1555, John Bradford, letter to Master Richard Hopkins He willeth us to eat ⟳ of the bread […] and drink ⟳ of that cup all, […] that is, take ⟳ it as the sacrament of his body and blood […] whereby he doth represent ⟳, and to our faith give ⟳ and obsign unto us, himself wholly, with all the merits and glory of his body and blood.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

obsignate obsignated obsignates obsignating obsigned obsigning

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