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sphere

/sfɪɚ/ verb C2
  1. To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere. (transitive)
  2. To make round or spherical; to perfect. (transitive)

He/she/it spheres · Past sphered · Past participle sphered · -ing form sphering

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Verb forms

Base form
sphere
He/she/it
spheres
Past
sphered
Past participle
sphered
-ing form
sphering

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Lynde says pride goes before a fall and she doesn’t believe in the higher education of women at all; she says it unfits them for woman’s true sphere.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 307 · C1
If you were sensible of your own good, you would not wish to quit the sphere in which you have been brought up.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 338 · B2
“In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as quitting that sphere.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 338 · B2

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