englobev.
/ɛnˈɡləʊb/ 1. transitive.
a. To form into a globe, make globular; to round; in quot. reflexive and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular
embowlc1595
orb1600
englobe1611
ensphere1640
globe1641
spherea1849
spherify1848
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Agglobare, to en-globe or make round.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 25 Prelaty..must be forc't to dissolve, and unmake her own pyramidal figure..inglobe, or incube her selfe among the Presbyters.
b. To enclose in, or as in, a globe; in quots. figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose in a receptacle or surrounding mass > in a receptacle > in or as in a sphere
emball1580
embow1605
sphere1607
ensphere?1614
orba1644
englobe1797
inorb1847
1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 184 If it only [sc. youthful energy] could be preserved and..englobed..within the bosom of the young adventurer.
1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia ii. x. 235 The degree in which the heavens are englobed within us.
2. Biology. To absorb (bacteria, etc.) within a phagocyte or the like.
ΚΠ
1900 [see englobing n. at Derivatives].
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 536/2 Red blood corpuscles are often englobed by this amœba.
Derivatives
enˈglobed adj.
ΚΠ
1902 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 6 155 The bodies of englobed parasites.
enˈglobement n. the process or state of being englobed.
ΚΠ
1902 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 6 155 The englobement of parasites in the liver is more active at certain periods of the cycle.
enˈglobing n.
ΚΠ
1900 G. M. Gould Pocket Med. Dict. (ed. 4) 233 Englobing, the taking in of an object by a phagocyte.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
v.1611