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englobe, v.|ɛnˈgləʊb|
Also 7 in-.
[f. en-1 + globe. Cf. Fr. englober.]
1. trans.
a. To form into a globe, make globular; to round; in quot. refl. and fig.
b. To enclose in, or as in, a globe; in quots. fig.
1611Florio, Agglobare, to en-globe or make round. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. Wks. 1738 I. 53 Prelaty..must be forc'd to dissolve and unmake her own pyramidal figure..inglobe or incube her self among the Presbyters. a1843Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) I. 184 If..it [youthful energy] could be englobed..within the bosom of the young adventurer. 1858Sears Athan. ii. x. 235 The degree in which the heavens are englobed within us.
2. Biol. To absorb (bacteria, etc.) within a phagocyte or the like. So enˈglobed ppl. a.; enˈglobement, the process or state of being englobed; enˈglobing vbl. n.
1900Gould Pocket Med. Dict. (ed. 4) 233 Englobing, the taking in of an object by a phagocyte. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 536/2 Red blood corpuscles are often englobed by this amœba. 1902Jrnl. Exper. Med. VI. 155 The bodies of englobed parasites. Ibid., The englobement of parasites in the liver is more active at certain periods of the cycle. |