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verb

Drench v. t. (past & past part. drenched; pres. part. drenching)

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. "As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink.""

To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse. "Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their moisture has already drenched the plain."

noun

Drench n. A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. "A drench of wine." "Give my roan horse a drench."

Drench n. (O. Eng. Law) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. (Obs.)

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"Drench" Quotes from Famous Books

... gave the old bay mare her drench. [Stumbles over the children. What's here? A lifeless lad!—and little wench! Been eatin' berries—where did they get them idees? For cows, when took so, I've the reg'lar remedies. I'll try 'em here—and if their state the worse is, Why, they shall have ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890. • Various

... hail to the hero whom victory leads, Triumphant, from fields of renown! From kingdoms left barren! from plains drench'd in blood! And the sacking of many ...

— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft

... all company, and Hugh resolved that he would find his own society the most interesting of all; he would not be beaten by life, as so many people appeared to him to be. Of course he knew that there were threatening clouds in the sky, that in a moment might burst and drench the air with driving rain. But Hugh hoped that his attitude of curiosity and wonder could find food for high-hearted reflection even there. The universe teemed with significance, and if God had bestowed such a quality with ...

— Beside Still Waters • Arthur Christopher Benson

... if you died for it! The fire began there—stoves no doubt— and there it would have stopped if any one had had any sense; but there they would run and gape, and the more I tried to get them to form a chain and drench the warehouses, the more they wouldn't do it. And when the flame once got hold of the paper—did you see it?— it was not a thing to forget. I verily believe the whole town would have gone if the Charnocks hadn't come and got a little discipline into the ...

— The Three Brides • Charlotte M. Yonge

... sad distress, Thy dear charms have lovelier grown, As drench'd Nature o'er her dress, Wears the rainbow's ...

— Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems • James Avis Bartley

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