Resealed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Closed or sealed again after it was opened or unsealed
2. Made to be airtight or watertight once more following initial opening
3. Restored to a sealed state after previous access or unsealing

Etymology: "Resealed" is the past tense and past participle of "reseal," and the story is simple: the verb is built from "re-," meaning "again," attached to "seal." That "seal" traces back through Middle English "seel" and the Anglo-Norman "seelbor," ultimately to the Latin "sigillum," a small image or signet, the same root that gave us "sign" and "signature." A seal was originally the impression of a signet ring pressed into wax, so sealing something meant marking it with a personal stamp of authority. The prefix "re-" came into English from Old French, where it had been borrowed from Latin, and it carries the sense of doing something a second time or restoring a previous state. Resealing therefore means restoring the closure that a seal once provided, as when an envelope is reclosed, a jar is covered again, or a container is reapplied with its protective strip. The verb's meaning stays close to the physical act of pressing a seal into place, now applied to any fastening that is made secure once more.

Synonyms: reclosed, recovered, reset, repaired, secured

Antonyms: opened, exposed, revealed, undone, unsealed