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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fordrench en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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fordrenching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fordrenched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fordrenched Tense=Past lexicographic
fordrenches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic