Etymology

fordrench

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Today it means: To make drunk; intoxicate. Full definition →

Middle English fordrenchen ← Old English fordrenċan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromfordrenċan“to make drunk, intoxicate”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfordrenchen
  3. English todayfordrench

From Middle English fordrenchen, from Old English fordrenċan (“to make drunk, intoxicate”), equivalent to for- + drench. Cognate with Middle Low German vordrenken.

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