Fordrench

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make drunk; intoxicate. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To drown. ambitransitive, obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English fordrenchen, from Old English fordrenċan (“to make drunk, intoxicate”), equivalent to for- + drench. Cognate with Middle Low German vordrenken.

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