adj. 25B6; verb
the ham is then steeped in brine : MARINADE, marinate, soak, souse, macerate; pickle.
winding sheets were steeped in mercury sulphate : SOAK, saturate, immerse, wet through, drench; technical ret.
a city steeped in history : IMBUE WITH, fill with, permeate with, pervade with, suffuse with, infuse with, soak in.