a-steep,advb.phr.|əˈstiːp| [a prep.1 + steep.] To steep, steeping or soaking. Also fig. 1589Pappe w. Hatchet (1844) 14 Elderton swore he had rimes lying a steepe in ale.1672Ranew in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. xxxix. 3 Laying it asteep in..quickening meditation.