unsphere

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/ʌnˈsfɪə/

verb

To remove from a sphere, as in celestial bodies; to remove from the heavens.

“c 1594–1611: Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale You put me off with limber vows; but I, Though you would seek t’ unsphere the stars with oaths, Should yet say ‘Sir, no going.’”

OriginEnglish sphere ← Middle English spere ← Old French sphere →
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Meanings

verbunsphere (third-person singular simple present unspheres, present participle unsphering, simple past and past participle unsphered)

present singular third person unspheres · participle present unsphering · participle past unsphered · past unsphered

  1. To remove from a sphere, as in celestial bodies; to remove from the heavens.

    c 1594–1611: Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale You put me off with limber vows; but I, Though you would seek t’ unsphere the stars with oaths, Should yet say ‘Sir, no going.’

Origin

  1. Englishun-
  2. Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
  3. Latinsphaera
  4. Late Latinsphēra
  5. Old Frenchsphere
  6. Middle Englishspere
  7. Englishsphere
  8. Englishunsphere

From un- + sphere.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unsphere

idea
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Anagrams

sheeprun
Cite this entry
APA

unsphere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsphere

MLA

“unsphere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsphere. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsphere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsphere.

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