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   drench

   /drɛn(t)ʃ/

   verb

   • 1. wet thoroughly; soak: "I fell in the stream and was drenched"
   • ▪ cover (something) liberally or thoroughly: "cool patios drenched in flowers"
   • 2. forcibly administer a drug in liquid form orally to (an animal): "three-times-a-year drenching for calves"

   noun

   • 1. a dose of medicine administered to an animal: "a worming drench"
   • ▪ a draught of a medicinal or poisonous liquid: "a drench of sack"

   Word Origin Old Englishdrencan ‘force to drink’, drenc ‘a drink or draught’, of Germanic origin; related to German tränken (verb), Trank (noun), also to drink.

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