English Explanatory Dictionary

instress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.
verb
  1. To apprehend or realize the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

Word forms

instress instresses instressing instressed
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