insteep

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ steep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstiːp/

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Verb

insteep (third-person singular simple present insteeps, present participle insteeping, simple past and past participle insteeped)

1. (transitive) To steep or soak; drench.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:

     York, all haggled over, / Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteep'd, / And takes him by the beard.

Anagrams

• Epstein, Stepien, epstein, pentise