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Drenche (gcide) | Drenche \Drench"e\, v. t. & i.
To drown. [Obs.]
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In the sea he drenched. --Chaucer.
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sundrenched (mass) | sun-drenched
- zaliatyslnkom |
drenched (encz) | drenched,promáčený Jaroslav Šedivý |
drenched in (encz) | drenched in, adj: |
drenches (encz) | drenches, |
sun-drenched (encz) | sun-drenched,zalitý sluncem Zdeněk Brož |
Bedrenched (gcide) | Bedrench \Be*drench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedrenched (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedrenching.]
To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak. --Shak.
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Drenched (gcide) | Drench \Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drenching.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the
causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw.
dr[aum]nka, G. tr[aum]nken. See Drink.]
1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a
potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge
violently by physic.
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As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to
make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink."
--Trench.
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2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
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Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
--Dryden.
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Drencher (gcide) | Drencher \Drench"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, west or steeps.
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2. One who administers a drench.
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Undrenched (gcide) | Undrenched \Undrenched\
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drenched (wn) | drenched
adj 1: abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in
combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched
meadows" [syn: drenched, drenched in] |
drenched in (wn) | drenched in
adj 1: abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in
combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched
meadows" [syn: drenched, drenched in] |
sun-drenched (wn) | sun-drenched
adj 1: covered with sunlight; "sun-drenched beaches along the
Riviera" |
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