insphere

English

Verb

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.

References

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.