part. drencende; p. ic, he drencte, ðú drenctest, pl. drencton; pp. drenced; I. to give to drink, to DRENCH, make drunk; potum vel potiōnem dāre, potāre, inebriāre :-- Of burnan willan ðínes ðú drenctest [Th. drencst] hí torrente voluntātis tuæ potābis eos, Ps. Spl. 35, 9. Ðú drenctest us mid, wíne potasti nos vino, 59, 3. On þurste mínum hí drencton me mid ecede in siti mea potavērunt me acēto, 68, 26. Drencende inebrians, 64, 11. Se inwida dryht-guman síne drencte mid wíne the wicked one made his people drunk with wine, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 21; Jud. 29. II. to drown; submergĕre, Ps. Tb. 106, 17. [Wyc. drenche: Piers P. drenchen, drenche: Chauc. drenche: Plat. drenken: O. Sax. drenkan: Frs. drinssen: O. Frs. drenka, drinka, drinsa to drown: Dut. drenken to drench: Ger. tränken to give to drink: M. H. Ger. trenken: O. H. Ger. trankjan, trenkjan potāre: Goth. dragkyan to give to drink: Swed. dränka to drown: Icel. drekkja to drown.] DER. a-drencan, for-, ge-, in-, ofer-, ofge-, on-.