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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steep \Steep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steeped} (st[=e]pt); p. pr
& vb n. {Steeping}.] [OE. stepen, probably fr Icel. steypa
to cause to stoop, cast down pour out to cast metals,
causative of st[=u]pa to stoop; cf Sw st["o]pa to cast, to
steep, Dan. st["o]be, D. & G. stippen to steep, to dip. Cf
{Stoop}, v. t.]
To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of
by soaking; as to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often
used figuratively.
Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. --Shak.
In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling
flowers. --Wordsworth.
The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.
--Earle.
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