drench Definition

• Drench ((v. t.))

  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.

• Drench ((v. t.))

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

• Drench ((v. t.))

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

• Drench ((n.))

  A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

• Horse-drench ((n.))

  A dose of physic for a horse.

• Horse-drench ((n.))

  The appliance by which the dose is administred.

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