"instress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: instresses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-instress-en-noun-4MiA-TPE

Verb

Forms: instresses [present, singular, third-person], instressing [participle, present], instressed [participle, past], instressed [past]
Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-instress-en-verb-J6sgd7aB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71

Inflected forms

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