Drench /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Drenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Drenching

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.”

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.

1. A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.

   Give my roan horse a drench.

1. A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. (O. Eng. Law) [Obs.]