obsign

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Etymology

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See obsignate.

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Verb

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obsign (third-person singular simple present obsigns, present participle obsigning, simple past and past participle obsigned)

  1. (obsolete) To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp.
    • 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.

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