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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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suffuse
English
Etymology
From Latin suffund?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /s??fju?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
suffuse (third-person singular simple present suffuses, present participle suffusing, simple past and past participle suffused)
- (transitive) To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.
- (transitive, figuratively) To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.
- (transitive) To pour underneath.
Usage notes
- The verb is often used in the passive voice.
Synonyms
- diffuse
Derived terms
- suffusate
- suffusion
- suffusive
Related terms
- infuse
Translations
Adjective
suffuse (comparative more suffuse, superlative most suffuse)
- Suffused; diffuse.
- 1912, New York State Museum, Annual Report, page 243:
- This limonite-colored mud is most often very suffuse and only faintly apparent.
- 2014, Rita Petrini, Through the Curtain of Time and Space (?ISBN):
- Most of us mortals choose a very suffuse, dim light to have in our room, others push the switch to the maximum.
- 1912, New York State Museum, Annual Report, page 243:
Italian
Verb
suffuse
- third-person singular past historic of suffondere
Noun
suffuse f
- plural of suffondere
Latin
Participle
suff?se
- vocative masculine singular of suff?sus
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