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insteeping

insteeping is the present participle and gerund of insteep.

Meaning of insteep

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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...

Questions about insteeping

What is insteeping the present participle and gerund of?
Insteeping is the present participle and gerund of insteep.

Words near insteeping in the dictionary

  1. instead of
  2. insteada
  3. instealing
  4. insteep
  5. insteeped
  6. insteeping
  7. insteeps
  8. instellation
  9. instep
  10. instep borer
  11. instep borers

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