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† forˈdrench, v. Obs.
[OE. fordrencan, f. for- prefix1 + dręncan to drench; = MLG. vordrenken.]
trans. a. To make drunk, intoxicate. lit. and fig. b. To drown. Also intr.
a.c1000ælfric Gen. xix. 32 Uton fordrencan urne fæder færlice mid wine. c1175Lamb. Hom. 91 Þas men beoð mid miste fordrencte. a1225Leg. Kath. 2343 Þe þæt wes fordrenct wið þes deoules puisun.
b.a1225Juliana 61 Þe reade sea..þear as al pharaones forde fordrencte. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xvii, Alterat with Bachus myghty Jous And affered of tournynge of the hous And fordreynt on the drye land. |