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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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