jmdict 1980510 Active (id#2277981)
封じる [news1,nf21]
【 ふうじる [news1,nf21] 】
  1. [v1,vt]
    • to seal (e.g. a letter)
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2870712 封じ【ふうじ】 2. seal; place where something is sealed; seam (of an envelope)
    • ⇐ see: 2098610 封ずる【ふうずる】 1. to seal (letter)
  2. [v1,vt]
    • to prevent (e.g. movement)
    • to forbid
    • to block (e.g. speech)
    • to seal off (e.g. a building)
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 2858863 口を封じる 1. to muzzle; to silence
    • ⇐ see: 2870712 封じ【ふうじ】 1. sealing (away); containment; suppression; charm against; spell against
    • ⇐ see: 2098610 封ずる【ふうずる】 1. to seal (letter)
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2023-09-26 01:48:44 Jim Breen (id#2277981)
    • Comments
      I fixed the sentence.
    • A* 2023-09-25 16:52:50 Brian Krznarich (id#2277957)
    • Comments
      We have a tatoeba sentence attached to [1] that maybe(?) belongs to [2]:
"They bribed the witness into silence."

daijs seems to suggest a 3rd meaning, close to "to seal off a building" (ie. "to lock down"). It's harder to find concrete examples of this in the wild.

[1] can be "a letter", "a package", "an envelope", etc. so I added "e.g.". 

Note: 封ずる should be kept identical for both senses. (I'm not going to bother with 口を封ずる, but that is also legitimate. Maybe it should be done...)
    • Refs
      Daijs gives 4 senses. [2] and [3] seem to be squished together here.
１ 封をする。「小包をしっかり―・ずる」
２ 出入り口などを閉じてふさぐ。「空港を―・ずる」「敵の退路を―・ずる」
３ 自由な発言・行動ができないようにする。「口を―・ずる」「反対派の動きを―・ずる」
４ 神仏の通力などによって閉じ込める。「お札で虫を―・ずる」
    • Diff
      @@ -17 +17 @@
-<gloss>to seal (letter)</gloss>
+<gloss>to seal (e.g. a letter)</gloss>
@@ -22 +22,3 @@
-<gloss>to prevent</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2858863">口を封じる</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2858863">口を封じる</xref>
+<gloss>to prevent (e.g. movement)</gloss>
@@ -24 +26,2 @@
-<gloss>to block</gloss>
+<gloss>to block (e.g. speech)</gloss>
+<gloss>to seal off (e.g. a building)</gloss>
    • A 2010-07-28 00:34:20 Jim Breen
    • A* 2010-07-27 22:39:37 Jean-Luc Léger
    • Comments
      Ichidan form of 封ずる
    • Diff
      @@ -15,1 +15,1 @@
-<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
@@ -20,1 +20,1 @@
-<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
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