sench

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verb

To cause to sink.

OriginOld English senċan ← Proto-West Germanic *sankwijan →
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Meanings

verbsench (third-person singular simple present senches, present participle senching, simple past and past participle senched)

present singular third person senches · participle present senching · participle past senched · past senched

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo cause to sink.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*sankwijan
  2. Old Englishsenċan
  3. Englishsench

From Old English senċan, causitive of sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sankwijan.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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