spherifyv.
rare.
transitive. To invest with a spherical form; to turn into a spherical body.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular
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1848 E. A. Poe Eureka 74 Several fragments..were..spherified into a moon.
1866 R. Chambers Ess. 1st Ser. 197 The same attractive force which spherifies the tear of morning on the prickle of the thorn.
Derivatives
spherifiˈcation n.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > formation of
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1848 E. A. Poe Eureka 75 Three moons..having been formed..by the rupture and general spherification of as many distinct ununiform rings.
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