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drenching
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Drenching
(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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drenching
(wn) | drenching
n 1: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a
good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, souse,
sousing] |
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Bedrenching
(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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Drenching
(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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