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orbèd

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Formed into a sphere, rounded, or encircled; an archaic adjective often applied to heavenly bodies like the sun, moon, or planets.

Detailed Definition
This is an archaic poetic spelling of 'orbed,' meaning round or spherical. Shelley uses it to describe the moon as a rounded, glowing figure.
Example
Example in poetry:
“That orbèd maiden with white fire laden” means rounded or spherical, with the accent marking two syllables; “The orbèd moon rose whole above the dunes” applies it to a celestial body; Keats’s “orbèd drop of light” shows its luminous Romantic register; “An orbèd lens held the city upside down” gives the word a modern image.
Additional Notes
The accented form 'orbèd' is an archaic poetic word that many readers would not recognize immediately.; Found in the poem, The Cloud by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Also Known As
orbited encircled encompassed
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