a-steepadv.
/əˈstiːp/ To steep, steeping or soaking. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > [adverb]
a-steep1589
a-soak1609
1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 14 Elderton swore he had rimes lying a steepe in ale.
1672 Ranew in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. xxxix. 3 Laying it asteep in..quickening meditation.
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adv.1589- boughedder
- bougheddest
- bougheder
- boughedest
- boughery
- boughflecked
- boughhouse
- boughing
- boughless
- boughpot
- boughpots
- boughrunes
- boughs
- bought
- bought book
- bought deal
- bought house
- bought in
- bought off
- bought out
- bought plea
- bought up
- bought wit is best
- bought wit is best but may cost too much
- bought-door