drench Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
verb force to drink
verb permeate or impregnate
imbrue.
- The war drenched the country in blood
verb cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
souse; soak; sop; douse; dowse.
- souse water on his hot face

AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw. dränka, G. tränken. See Drink.

imperfect & past participle Drenched ; present participle & verbal noun 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." Trench.
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.

AS. drenc. See Drench, v. t.

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." Dryden.
Give my roan horse a drench. Shak.