fordrench

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verb

To make drunk; intoxicate.

OriginMiddle English fordrenchen ← Old English fordrenċan →
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Meanings

verbfordrench (third-person singular simple present fordrenches, present participle fordrenching, simple past and past participle fordrenched)

present singular third person fordrenches · participle present fordrenching · participle past fordrenched · past fordrenched

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make drunk; intoxicate.
  2. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo drown.

Origin

  1. Old Englishfordrenċan“to make drunk, intoxicate”
  2. Middle Englishfordrenchen
  3. Englishfordrench

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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APA

fordrench. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordrench

MLA

“fordrench.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordrench. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fordrench,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordrench.

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