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obsign

verb /əbˈsaɪn/

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

    obsolete

    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.

    a. 1555, John Bradford, letter to Master Richard Hopkins

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin obsignō. Doublet of obsignate.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry obsign (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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