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- verb obsolete To drown.
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- verb obsolete To
drown .
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Examples
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Upon that see, went oure Lord drye feet; and there he toke up seynt Peter, when he began to drenche with in the see, and seyde to him, Modice
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Upon that see, went oure Lord drye feet; and there he toke up seynt Peter, when he began to drenche with in the see, and seyde to him, _Modice Fidei, quare dubitasti_?
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Lett thie floes drenche yer blodde, yett do ne bredrenn slee.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Whan sopperes paste we'lle drenche youre ale soe stronge, 85
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Ȝíef wé were wise men. ðis wé scolde ðenche. bute wé wurðe us íwer. ðeos woruld wule us for {} drenche.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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The forswat [24] meadowes smethe [25], and drenche [26] the raine; 30
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Lett thie floes drenche theyre blodde, bott do ne bredrenn flea.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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We'lle wurke [15] and we'lle synge, and wylle drenche [16] of stronge beer
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Lett thie floes [51] drenche the blodde of anie thynge bott menne.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Lette thie floes [66] drenche the blood of anie thynge botte menn.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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