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Dictionary Definition of orb
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orb noun 1. Chiefly Poetic any of the heavenly bodies: the orb of day (the sun). 2. a sphere or globe. 3. Chiefly Poetic the eyeball or eye. 4. a globe bearing a cross; the mound, or emblem of sovereignty, especially as part of the regalia of England. 5. Rare. a circle, or anything circular. 6. Astronomy Obsolete the orbit of a heavenly body. 7. Astrology the space within which the influence of a planet, etc., is supposed to act. 8. Obsolete the earth. 9. Obsolete a range or area of action. -- verb (t) 10. to form into a circle or a sphere. 11. Poetic to encircle; enclose. -- verb (i) 12. to move in an orbit. 13. Obsolete to assume the shape of an orb. [L orbis circle, disc, orb] |
