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"ref": "1806 May, “Private Theatricals. King’s Bench, Feb. 17. Duchaliot, Assignee of Delpini, v. Lord Barrymore.”, in The Sporting Magazine; or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase, and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, and Spirit, volume 28, London: […] W. M‘Dowall, […] and sold by J[ohn] Wheble, […], →OCLC, page 80, column 2",
"text": "But music alone, would not do—Some roast-beef was a necessary article, and some wine, to feed and drench the actors.",
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"ref": "1809 November 2, W[illia]m Cobbett, “To William Bosville, Esq.”, in Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register, volume XVI, number 18, London: […] T[homas] C[urson] Hansard, […] [for] Richard Bagshaw, […], published 1809 November 4, →OCLC, columns 642–643",
"text": "If the people felt themselves so happy; if they had enjoyed, and were enjoying, such prosperity as to call for a Jubilee, they would, of course, rejoice, they would sing and dance and shout, without being fed and drenched by way of hire to sing, dance, and shout.",
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"ref": "1921, Immanuel ben Solomon Romi, chapter XII, in Hermann Gollancz, transl., Tophet and Eden (Hell and Paradise): In Imitation of Dante’s Inferno and Paradiso, […], London: University of London Press, […], →OCLC, page 35",
"text": "Strange that such a cursing wretch should not have laid to heart, that those God's hand will sure undo, who cause their parents wounded heart to smart, whose blood and marrow fed and drenched them, and of whom they form a part.",
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"To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1858 September 24, Alfred B[illings] Street, “Poem, Delivered on Laying the Corner-stone of the New York State Inebriate Asylum, at Binghamton, September 24, 1858”, in The Poems of Alfred B. Street. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton, […], published 1867, →OCLC, page 53",
"text": "War! thy wild chariot rolls o'er piles of the slain, / Thou drenchest empires in thy crimson rain!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1917, A. E. Semeonoff, H. J. W. Tillyard, “Notes: Pushkin”, in Russian Poetry Reader […], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co., →OCLC, note 5, page 33",
"text": "Thou re-echoedst a mysterious roar, and drenchedst the thirsty earth with rain.\nA translation of lines 7 and 8 of Alexander Pushkin’s poem “Ту́ча” (“The Cloud”).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep."
],
"id": "en-drench-en-verb-en:wet",
"links": [
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"make#Verb"
],
[
"completely",
"completely"
],
[
"wet",
"wet#Adjective"
],
[
"water",
"water#Noun"
],
[
"liquid",
"liquid#Noun"
],
[
"fall",
"fall#Verb"
],
[
"thrown",
"throw#Verb"
],
[
"saturate",
"saturate#Verb"
],
[
"soak",
"soak#Verb"
],
[
"immersing",
"immerse#Verb"
],
[
"steep",
"steep#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep."
],
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],
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{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
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}
],
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"transitive"
],
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"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ballala",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "بَلَّلَ"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naqaʕa",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "نَقَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "tʻanam",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "թանամ"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namokrjam",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "намокрям"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "napojavam",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "напоявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "intinghje"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "promočit"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmáčet"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "doordrenken"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "irigacii"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "saturi"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "kastella (läpimäräksi)"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "abreuver"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "saturer"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "tremper"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "enchoupar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "durchnässen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "brékhō",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "βρέχω"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "arozegar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "trempar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "báigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "folc"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "bagnare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "infradiciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitasu",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "浸す"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mókri",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "мо́кри"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "kōpiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xis kardan",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "خیس کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xisândan",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "خیساندن"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "encharcar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "ensopar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promačivatʹ",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "промачивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "propítyvatʹ",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пропи́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "propitátʹ",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пропита́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ква̏сити"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "kvȁsiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 76 3 3 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "empapar"
}
]
},
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"To drown (someone)."
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"links": [
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(obsolete) To drown (someone)."
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "endrench"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "indrench"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To overwhelm (someone); to drown, to engulf."
],
"id": "en-drench-en-verb-x1VdBNE9",
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[
"overwhelm",
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],
[
"engulf",
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],
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"(transitive)",
"(obsolete, figurative) To overwhelm (someone); to drown, to engulf."
],
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"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"To be drowned; also, to be immersed in water."
],
"id": "en-drench-en-verb-1ncY7CL-",
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"(intransitive, obsolete) To be drowned; also, to be immersed in water."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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},
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"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink; to administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force",
"word": "juottaa"
}
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"ref": "1806 May, “Private Theatricals. King’s Bench, Feb. 17. Duchaliot, Assignee of Delpini, v. Lord Barrymore.”, in The Sporting Magazine; or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase, and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, and Spirit, volume 28, London: […] W. M‘Dowall, […] and sold by J[ohn] Wheble, […], →OCLC, page 80, column 2",
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"ref": "1809 November 2, W[illia]m Cobbett, “To William Bosville, Esq.”, in Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register, volume XVI, number 18, London: […] T[homas] C[urson] Hansard, […] [for] Richard Bagshaw, […], published 1809 November 4, →OCLC, columns 642–643",
"text": "If the people felt themselves so happy; if they had enjoyed, and were enjoying, such prosperity as to call for a Jubilee, they would, of course, rejoice, they would sing and dance and shout, without being fed and drenched by way of hire to sing, dance, and shout.",
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"text": "Strange that such a cursing wretch should not have laid to heart, that those God's hand will sure undo, who cause their parents wounded heart to smart, whose blood and marrow fed and drenched them, and of whom they form a part.",
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"ref": "1858 September 24, Alfred B[illings] Street, “Poem, Delivered on Laying the Corner-stone of the New York State Inebriate Asylum, at Binghamton, September 24, 1858”, in The Poems of Alfred B. Street. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton, […], published 1867, →OCLC, page 53",
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"ref": "1917, A. E. Semeonoff, H. J. W. Tillyard, “Notes: Pushkin”, in Russian Poetry Reader […], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co., →OCLC, note 5, page 33",
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"To drown (someone)."
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"drown"
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"(transitive)",
"(obsolete) To drown (someone)."
],
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"tags": [
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"word": "endrench"
},
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"obsolete"
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"word": "indrench"
}
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"transitive"
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"To overwhelm (someone); to drown, to engulf."
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[
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"engulf"
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"glosses": [
"To be drowned; also, to be immersed in water."
],
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"(intransitive, obsolete) To be drowned; also, to be immersed in water."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink; to administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force",
"word": "juottaa"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ballala",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "بَلَّلَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naqaʕa",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "نَقَعَ"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "tʻanam",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "թանամ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namokrjam",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "намокрям"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "napojavam",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "напоявам"
},
{
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "intinghje"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "promočit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zmáčet"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "doordrenken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "irigacii"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "saturi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "kastella (läpimäräksi)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "abreuver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "saturer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "tremper"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "enchoupar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "durchnässen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "brékhō",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "βρέχω"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "arozegar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "trempar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "báigh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "folc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "bagnare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "infradiciare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitasu",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "浸す"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mókri",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "мо́кри"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "kōpiro"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xis kardan",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "خیس کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xisândan",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "خیساندن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "encharcar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "ensopar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promačivatʹ",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "промачивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "propítyvatʹ",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "пропи́тывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "propitátʹ",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пропита́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ква̏сити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "kvȁsiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak",
"word": "empapar"
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],
"word": "drench"
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"expansion": "Old High German trenchen",
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"1": "de",
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"expansion": "German tränken (“to give a drink; to water”)",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "kastelu"
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