instress

English

Noun

instress (plural instresses)

  1. In the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

Verb

instress (third-person singular simple present instresses, present participle instressing, simple past and past participle instressed)

  1. To apprehend or realize the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

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