单词 | ensphere |
释义 | enspherev.ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [verb (transitive)] > convey to or place in ravishc1330 to take upc1384 reavea1400 rap1599 ensphere1615 1615 R. A. Valiant Welshman i. iii. sig. B3 Eternall peace,..Inspheare thy soule, and mount it to the stars. 1637 J. Milton Comus 1 Where those immortall shapes Of bright aëreall Spirits live insphear'd. 2. a. To enclose in, or as in, a sphere; to encircle, enclose. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose in a receptacle or surrounding mass > in a receptacle > in or as in a sphere emball1580 embow1605 sphere1607 ensphere?1614 orba1644 englobe1797 inorb1847 ?1614 W. Drummond Song: It Autumne was in Poems That high Circle which the rest enspheares. ?1616 G. Chapman Sonnets iii. sig. Gg4v, in tr. Homer Whole Wks. None like Homer, hath the world enspher'd, Earth, seas, and heaven, fixt in his verse. ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 65 His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphear'd Of fierie chrimsine. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. X8 Victory do's rest Enspher'd with Palm on Your Triumphant Crest. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 345 The clear strong stars..insphere Our habitation. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxvi. 98 Being completely ensphered by the fog. b. To contain as a sphere does. ΚΠ 1612 J. Donne Second Anniuersarie 8 in First Anniuersarie Shee whose eies enspheard Star-light inough, t'haue made the South controll..the Starfull Northern Pole. 3. To make into a sphere, give spherical form to. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular embowlc1595 orb1600 englobe1611 ensphere1640 globe1641 spherea1849 spherify1848 1640 T. Carew Poems 115 Virgins..Shall draw thy picture..One shall enspheare thine eyes. 1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 24 His true emblem is the hedgehog ensphered in his prickles. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 36 Who..turning grandly on his central self, Ensphered himself in twenty perfect years. Derivatives enˈspherement n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > as in a sphere enspherement1841 ensphering1868 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 153 Man's belief..received by historic tradition and customary enspherement. enˈsphering n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > as in a sphere ensphering1652 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > as in a sphere enspherement1841 ensphering1868 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. xxii. 54 Twining Embraces with 's ensphearing Arm of Love. 1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 73 The ensphering atmosphere and the storms that rage in it. 1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 13 A visible insphering in flesh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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