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A. put a seal on, PRyl. 237.1,2(Pass., iii A.D.).

2. confirm, ratify, θανόντι APl. 5.366, cf.Vett.Val. 354.19:— Med., ἐ. διὰ τῆς συγκλήτου τὴν αὑτοῦ παρανομίαν get it sanctioned, Plb. 32.6.3; give one's sanction to, δόγμα Hierocl. in CA 10p.437M.

II. Med., confirm, ratify, Pl. Lg. 855e,957b, Ph. 2.71, etc.; ἐ. τινί τι give it him as a solemn gift, GDI 2517.16 (Delph.).

2. put as a seal upon, impress upon, [τῇ πολιτικῇ] μίαν ἰδέαν Pl. Plt. 258c; οἷς‐όμεθα τὸ "αὐτὸ ὅ ἐστι" prob. cj. in Id. Phd. 75d; ἁγνείαν ψυχαῖς Ph. 2.381; σιγὴν χείλεσι ἐ. Nonn. D. 47.218 (but in Hld. 6.15 σιγῇ ἐ. τι, and so [ἀριθμῷ] γένη ζῴων ‐ίζεται marks with.., Ph. 2.353 ; ‐ιζομένην (sc. τέχνην) βεβαιότητι τὰ παθῶν μέτρα Max.Tyr. 33.9):—Pass., to be impressed upon, τὸ γεγονὸς ἐν ταῖς γνώμαις ‐ίσθη Plb. 15.25.8 ; to be marked, φελλοῖς, of nets, AP 6.90 (Phil.).