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Spheral adj.

Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.

Rounded like a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical; complete; perfect.

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Etymology of 'Spheral'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Spheral" Quotes from Famous Books

... intellectual proficiency is the perception of identity. We talk with accomplished persons who appear to be strangers in nature. The cloud, the tree, the turf, the bird are not theirs, have nothing of them; the world is only their lodging and table. But the poet, whose verses are to be spheral and complete, is one whom Nature cannot deceive, whatsoever face of strangeness she may put on. He feels a strict consanguinity, and detects more likeness than variety in all her changes. We are stung by the desire for new thought; but when ...

— Essays, First Series • Ralph Waldo Emerson

... development of this law, as it appears in the intellect, is Analogy. Analogy is the highest form of expression, the poetry of speech; and is detachment carried so far that it goes full circle and gives a sense of unity and wholeness again. It is the spheral form appearing in thought. The idea is not only detached, but is wedded to some outward object, so that spirit and matter mutually interpret each other. Nothing can be explained by itself, or, in the economy of Nature, is explained by itself. The night explains ...

— Atlantic Monthly Volume 6, No. 37, November, 1860 • Various