insphere

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A form of ensphere — 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).

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Meanings

verbinsphere (third-person singular simple present inspheres, present participle insphering, simple past and past participle insphered)

present singular third person inspheres · participle present insphering · participle past insphered · past insphered

  1. archaicArchaic form of ensphere.

    My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air.

    Comus

    1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

hesperin
Cite this entry
APA

insphere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insphere

MLA

“insphere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insphere. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insphere,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insphere.

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