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ˈspherify, v. rare.
[Cf. prec. and -fy.]
trans. To invest with a spherical form; to turn into a spherical body. Also spherifiˈcation.
1848Poe Eureka 74 Several fragments..were..spherified into a moon. Ibid. 75 Three moons..having been formed..by the rupture and general spherification of as many distinct ununiform rings. 1866R. Chambers Ess. Fam. & Hum. Ser. i. 197 The same attractive force which spherifies the tear of morning on the prickle of the thorn. |