[drench] n (bef. 12c) 1: a poisonous or medicinal drink; specif: a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal
2. a: something that drenches b: a quantity sufficient to drench or saturate
[2]drench vt [ME, fr. OE drencan; akin to OE drincan to drink] (bef. 12c) 1 a archaic: to force to drink b: to administer a drench to (an animal)
2: to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)
3: to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated
4: to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation "was ~ed in furs and diamonds --Richard Brautigan" syn see soak -- drench.er n