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

• “insphere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hesperin, perishen