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instress

instress noun: in the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

Noun

instress (plural instresses)

  1. In the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

Verb

instress (third-person singular simple present instresses, present participle instressing, simple past and past participle instressed)

  1. To apprehend or realize the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

Forms of instress

Noun
pluralinstresses
Verb
third-person singular presentinstresses
present participleinstressing
past participleinstressed
pastinstressed

Questions about instress

What does instress mean?
Instress means in the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.
What part of speech is instress?
Instress can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of instress?
The plural of instress is instresses.

Words near instress in the dictionary

  1. instreaming
  2. instreamings
  3. instreams
  4. instrengthen
  5. instrengthens
  6. instress
  7. instressed
  8. instresses
  9. instressing
  10. instrew
  11. instrews

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