insteep

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/ɪnˈstiːp/

verb

To steep or soak; drench.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person insteeps · participle present insteeping · participle past insteeped · past insteeped

  1. transitiveTo steep or soak; drench.

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

    1599 (date written), 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]

Origin

From in- + steep.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

epsteinStepien
Cite this entry
APA

insteep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insteep

MLA

“insteep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insteep. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insteep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insteep.

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