unsealed

un·seal

(ŭn-sēl′)

tr.v. un·sealed, un·seal·ing, un·seals

To break or remove the seal of; open.

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unsealed

(ʌnˈsiːld)

adj

1. not sealed

2. (Civil Engineering) Austral and NZ (of a road) surfaced with road metal not bound by bitumen or other sealant

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Adj.	1.	unsealed - not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed" uncertain sealed, certain - established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"
	2.	unsealed - not closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "unsealed goods"; "the letter arrived unsealed" open - affording free passage or access; "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks" sealed - closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are sealed"

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aperto

unsealed

adj → offen, unverschlossen; (= without wax seal also) → unversiegelt

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One was in a strong masculine hand and was unsealed. The other, in a woman's hand, was sealed.

Then he went to the desk and took up the unsealed letter addressed to Tarzan.

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He received the letter from the Prince de Conde with a haggard look, unsealed it as he would have unsealed a suspicious packet, and in order to read it so that no one should remark the effects of it upon his countenance, he turned round.

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At length, when the last pint is casked, and all is cool, then the great hatchways are unsealed, the bowels of the ship are thrown open, and down go the casks to their final rest in the sea.

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But I opened the door to find again, in a flash, my eyes unsealed. In the presence of what I saw I reeled straight back upon my resistance.

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The orders will not reach them until after my return, if I should return free, and consequently they will not have been unsealed. I shall take them back again.

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He reminded her Ladyship that she had left her letter, with a bank-note inclosed in it, unsealed. Absorbed in the dog, Lady Lydiard answered, "Isabel is doing nothing, let Isabel seal it.

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And when he had drunk it Martin's lips were unsealed, and he told her that all his power lay in the magic ring that he wore on his finger, and he described to her how to use it, and, still speaking, he fell into a deep sleep.

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The lawyer unsealed it, and several enclosures fell to the floor.

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"Well," said he, "let us see, gentlemen, what are his Eminence's commands," and D'Artagnan unsealed the letter and read,

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The prince threw his bridle over the pommel of the saddle, as he was wont to do when he wished to have both hands free, unsealed the letter of Madame de Longueville and started at a gallop on the road to Lens, attended by Raoul and his small escort, whilst messengers sent to recall the troops set out with a loose rein in other directions.

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The second and fourth were unsealed. I was just about to look at them when I saw the door handle move.