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unsphering

unsphering is the present participle and gerund of unsphere.

Meaning of unsphere

Verb

unsphere (third-person singular simple present unspheres, present participle unsphering, simple past and past participle unsphered)

  1. To remove from a sphere, as in celestial bodies; to remove from the heavens.
    • c 1594–1611: Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale
      You put me off with limber vows; but I,
      Though you would seek t’ unsphere the stars with oaths,
      Should yet say ‘Sir, no going.’

Questions about unsphering

What is unsphering the present participle and gerund of?
Unsphering is the present participle and gerund of unsphere.

Words near unsphering in the dictionary

  1. unspent
  2. unspewed
  3. unsphere
  4. unsphered
  5. unspheres
  6. unsphering
  7. unspiced
  8. unspiculated
  9. unspicy
  10. unspide
  11. unspied

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unsphering (page history and authors); unsphere (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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