fordrench
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English fordrenchen, from Old English fordrenċan (“to make drunk, intoxicate”), equivalent to for- + drench. Cognate with Middle Low German vordrenken.
Verb
[edit]fordrench (third-person singular simple present fordrenches, present participle fordrenching, simple past and past participle fordrenched)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make drunk; intoxicate.
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To drown.
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