steeping

/S T IY1 P IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    (middle voice) To soak or wet thoroughly.

    “The tea is steeping.”

  2. 2

    To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.

    “The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.”

noun
  1. 1

    An instance of something being steeped; a wetting.

noun
  1. 1

    A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.

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