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- adjective obsolete
drenched . - adjective obsolete
drowned .
Etymologies
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From Middle English, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfan ("to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown"), equivalent to be- + dive. Cognate with Middle Low German bedöven ("immersed").
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AnWulf commented on the word bedoven
bedoven - drenched, drowned; from the past particle of archaic bedive (immerse, submerge, drown)
October 16, 2011