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ensphere

verb

Etymology

From en- + sphere.

  1. derived from sphere
  2. inherited from spere
  3. prefixed as ensphere — “en + sphere”

Definitions

  1. To place in a sphere

    To place in a sphere; to surround in all directions (as if) by a sphere (one of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth).

    • shee whose eies enspheard Star-light inough, t’haue made the South controll, (Had shee beene there) the Starfull Northern Pole,
    • 1634, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, 1637, p. 1, Before the starrie threshold of Ioves Court My mansion is, where those immortall shapes Of bright aëreall Spirits live insphear’d In Regions mild of calme and serene aire,

  2. To form into a sphere.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA