[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drench \drench\, n. 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.
   1913 webster

         give my roan horse a drench.             --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
drench 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drench \drench\, n. as. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to icel.
   drengr. o. eng. law
   a military vassal mentioned in domesday book. obs.
   --burrill.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   draumnka, g. traumnken. 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.
      1913 webster

            as "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to
            make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink."
                                                  --trench.
      1913 webster

   2. to steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
      saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
      1913 webster

            now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
            their moisture has already drenched the plain.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
drenched drenching drink 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

drench
     v 1: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "the tsunami
          swamped every boat in the harbor" syn: swamp
     2: force to drink
     3: permeate or impregnate; "the war drenched the country in
        blood" syn: imbrue
     4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
        face" syn: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
see also:
swamp imbrue douse dowse soak sop 
souse 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

146 moby thesaurus words for "drench":
   bathe, bed, bed down, beverage, break, brew, brewing, bridle,
   brush, bumper, choke, congest, cram, crowd, curry, currycomb,
   deluge, dip, douche, douse, draft, drag, drain, dram, drenching,
   drink, drop, drouk, drown, duck, ducking, dunk, dunking, feed,
   flood, flush, fodder, gargle, gentle, glut, gluttonize, gorge,
   groom, gulp, guzzle, handle, harness, hitch, imbrue, imbruement,
   imbue, imbuement, immerse, impregnate, impregnation, infiltrate,
   infiltration, infuse, infusion, inject, injection, inundate, jam,
   jam-pack, jigger, jolt, lap, lash, lave, leach, leaching, libation,
   litter, lixiviate, lixiviation, macerate, maceration, manage, milk,
   nip, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade,
   overload, overstuff, overweight, pack, peg, percolate, percolation,
   permeate, permeation, portion, potation, potion, pull, pulping,
   quaff, rinse, round, round of drinks, rub down, saddle, satiate,
   saturate, saturation, seethe, seething, shot, sip, slurp, snifter,
   snort, soak, soakage, soaking, sodden, sop, sopping, souse,
   sousing, spot, steep, steeping, stuff, submerge, suck, sup,
   supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, swig, swill, tame,
   teem, tend, tot, train, wash, water, waterlog, wet, yoke

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