insisture
English
Etymology
insist + -ure
Noun
insisture (countable and uncountable, plural insistures)
- (obsolete) A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.
- William Shakespeare, Trolius and Cressida, act I, scene 3
- The heaven themselves, the planets and this centre
Observe degree, priority, and place,
Insisture, course, proportion, season, form,
Office, and custom, in all line of order […]
- The heaven themselves, the planets and this centre
- William Shakespeare, Trolius and Cressida, act I, scene 3
References
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for insisture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)