obsign
English
Etymology
See obsignate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əbˈsaɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn
Verb
obsign (third-person singular simple present obsigns, present participle obsigning, simple past and past participle obsigned)
- (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.
- a. 1555, John Bradford, letter to Master Richard Hopkins
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