sphere

Forms

1.A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center.
2.An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
3.The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
- They thought – originally on grounds derived from religion – that each thing or person had its or his proper sphere, to overstep which is ‘unjust’.
4.An object which appears to be bounded by a sphere; a round object, a ball.
- Of celestial bodies, first the sun, / A mighty sphere, he framed.
- So your orientation changes a little bit but it sinks in that the world is a sphere, and you're going around it, sometimes under it, sideways, or over it.

1.To make round or spherical; to perfect.
2.To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
- The glorious planet Sol / In noble eminence enthroned and sphered / Amidst the other.

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Etymology tree

Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor.

Latin sphaera

Late Latin sphērader.

Old French spherebor.

Middle English spere

English sphere