insphere

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

  1. Archaic form of ensphere.
    • 1634 October 9 (first performance), [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:
      My mansion is , where those immortal shapes
      Of bright aerial spirits live insphered
      In regions mild of calm and serene air.

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