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Webster 1913 Edition

Insteep

In-steep′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Insteeped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Insteeping
.]
To steep or soak; to drench.
[R.]
“In gore he lay insteeped.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Insteep

INSTEE'P

,
Verb.
T.
[in and steep.] To steep or soak; to drench; to macerate in moisture.
1.
To keep under or in water.

Definition 2024

insteep

insteep

English

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. ― Shakespeare.

Etymology

From in- +‎ steep.

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