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instresses

instresses is the plural of instress.

instresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of instress.

Meaning of instress

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.

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Questions about instresses

What is instresses the plural of?
Instresses is the plural of instress.

Words near instresses in the dictionary

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

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