See drenchen on Wiktionary
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"english": "[…] This world, he said, in under an hour, / will all be drowned, as the shower'll be that strong. / Thus humankind will perish and lose their lives.",
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"text": "[…]This world, he ſeyde, in laſſe than an hour / Shal al be dreynt, ſo hidous is the ſhour. / Thus ſhal mankynde drenche, and leſe hir lyf.",
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],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
121,
127
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
113,
120
]
],
"english": "[…] This world, he said, in under an hour, / will all be drowned, as the shower'll be that strong. / Thus humankind will perish and lose their lives.",
"ref": "a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Miller's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3519–3521:",
"text": "[…]This world, he ſeyde, in laſſe than an hour / Shal al be dreynt, ſo hidous is the ſhour. / Thus ſhal mankynde drenche, and leſe hir lyf.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To submerge; to place underwater:",
"To drown; die by drowning."
],
"links": [
[
"submerge",
"submerge"
],
[
"underwater",
"underwater"
],
[
"drown",
"drown"
],
[
"die",
"die"
],
[
"drowning",
"drowning"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To submerge; to place underwater:",
"(intransitive) To drown; die by drowning."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To submerge; to place underwater:",
"To end one's life via drowning."
],
"links": [
[
"submerge",
"submerge"
],
[
"underwater",
"underwater"
],
[
"drowning",
"drowning"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To submerge; to place underwater:",
"(transitive) To end one's life via drowning."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To be submerged or placed underwater."
],
"links": [
[
"submerged",
"submerged"
],
[
"underwater",
"underwater"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be submerged or placed underwater."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English reflexive verbs",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To totally surround, surge, or submerge; to overpower."
],
"links": [
[
"surge",
"surge"
],
[
"submerge",
"submerge"
],
[
"overpower",
"overpower"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, sometimes reflexive) To totally surround, surge, or submerge; to overpower."
],
"tags": [
"reflexive",
"sometimes",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To be totally surrounded, surged, or submerged."
],
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"surrounded",
"surrounded"
],
[
"surged",
"surged"
],
[
"submerged",
"submerged"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be totally surrounded, surged, or submerged."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To provide with or offer a beverage."
],
"links": [
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To provide with or offer a beverage."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs",
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To consume or have a beverage."
],
"links": [
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, rare) To consume or have a beverage."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdrɛnt͡ʃən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdrint͡ʃən/"
}
],
"word": "drenchen"
}
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