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drench
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English drenchen, from Old English dren?an, from Proto-Germanic *drankijan? (compare Dutch drenken ‘to get a drink’, German tränken ‘to water, give a drink’), causative of *drinkan? (“to drink”). More at drink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Noun
drench (plural drenches)
- A draught administered to an animal.
- (obsolete) 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 has with success been us'd,
And through a horn the gen'rous juice infus'd,
Which, timely taken, op'd his closing jaws,
But, if too late, the patient's death did cause.
- A drench of wine has with success been us'd,
- 1907, Mark Twain, Christian Science and the Book of Mrs. Eddy
- I took up the 'Christian Scientist' book and read half of it, then took a dipperful of drench and read the other half.
Translations
Verb
drench (third-person singular simple present drenches, present participle drenching, simple past and past participle drenched)
- To soak, to make very wet.
- Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; / Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
- To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
Related terms
- drenched (adjective)
- drenching (noun)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English dreng, from Old English dreng (“warrior, soldier”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz, cognate to Old Norse drengr.
Noun
drench (plural drenches)
- (obsolete, Britain) A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
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dwindle
English
Etymology
Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwinen, from Old English dw?nan (“to waste away”), equivalent to dwine +? -le, akin to Old Norse dvena/dvína (Danish tvine (“to pine away”), Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?dw?n.d?l/
- Rhymes: -?nd?l
Verb
dwindle (third-person singular simple present dwindles, present participle dwindling, simple past and past participle dwindled)
- (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
- 1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace
- [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, […]
- 1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace
- (intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, Vicar, III
- The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress
- The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, Vicar, III
- (transitive) To lessen; to bring low.
- Our drooping days are dwindled down to nought.
- To break up or disperse.
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