1. instress - Noun
2. instress - Verb
instress (plural instresses)
In the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.
instress (third-person singular simple present instresses, present participle instressing, simple past and past participle instressed)
To apprehend or realize the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.