Definition of Steeped

1. Verb. (past of steep) ¹

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Definition of Steeped

1. steep [v] - See also: steep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeped

steeming
steems
steen
steenbok
steenboks
steenbuck
steenbucks
steened
steening
steenings
steens
steep
steep-slope roof
steep-slope roofs
steep-slope rooves
steeped (current term)
steepen
steepened
steepening
steepens
steeper
steepers
steepest
steepeup
steepie
steepier
steepiest
steepiness
steeping
steepish

Literary usage of Steeped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura (1906)
"Its evolution may be roughly divided into three main stages: the Boiled Tea, the Whipped Tea, and the steeped Tea. We moderns belong to the last school. ..."

2. The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura (1906)
"Its evolution may be roughly divided into three main stages: the Boiled Tea, the Whipped Tea, and the steeped Tea. We moderns belong to the last school. ..."

3. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"Donne had studied the application of the art to casuistry; had a special familiarity with the Spanish Jesuits of his time; and was steeped in whole masses ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"For more than a year Rome endured this monster steeped in the blood of his predecessors. But the vengeance was terrible. After his sudden death in July, ..."

5. The Orbis Pictus of John Amos Comeniusby Johann Amos Comenius, Charles William Bardeen by Johann Amos Comenius, Charles William Bardeen (1887)
"Or of Bricks, 6. which are made of Sand and Clay steeped in water, and are burned in fire. Afterwards he plaister- eth it with Lime, by means of a Trowel, ..."

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