steep
adjective
having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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My beautiful Madge, for your sake I am steeping myself in infamy!
From In Friendship's Guise by William Murray Graydon