Drench

(66), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DRENCHED (drĕncht); p. pr. & vb. n. DRENCHING.] [A-S. drencan, drencan, to give to drink, to drench, from drincan, to drink; D. drenken, Sw. dränka, Ger. tränken.] 1. To cause to drink: to ply or saturate with 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 fail,” and “to lay,” “to make to lie,” so “to drench,” is “to make to drink.” Trench. 2. To wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse; to plunge. Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their moisture has already drenched the plain. Dryden. 3. To drown. [Obs.] Chaucer.