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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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["a]nka, G. tr["a]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. As ``to fell,'' is ``to make to fall,'' and ``to lay,'' to make to lie.'' so ``to drench,'' is ``to make to drink.'' --Trench. 2. 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. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drenched adj 1: wet through and through thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" [syn: {saturated}, {soaked}, {soaking}, {sodden}, {sopping}, {soppy}] 2: abundantly covered or supplied with often used in combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched meadows" [syn: {drenched in}]
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