fordrench

English

Etymology

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

Verb

fordrench (third-person singular simple present fordrenches, present participle fordrenching, simple past and past participle fordrenched)

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