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▪ I. † ˈinnest, a. Obs. [f. in adv. or a. + -est. Cf. ON. innstr. See inner a.] Most inward, inmost.
1388Wyclif Prov. xxvi. 22 Tho comen til to the ynneste thingis [1382 the inmostis] of the herte. 1495[see inmost a. 2, quot. 1398]. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 628/1 For of y⊇ whole world, the innest is as I told you the lowest. ▪ II. innest, v. rare.|ɪnˈnɛst| Also 7 en-. [in-1 or in-2.] trans. To provide with a nest; to ensconce as in a nest.
1611Florio, Innidare, to ennest, to enroost. a1631Donne Paradoxes (1652) 85 To insinuate and innest it selfe into the body. |