to drench thoroughly or soak completely with liquid.
From Old English 'adrencan,' combining the prefix 'ad-' (to) with 'drencan' (to drench or soak). The prefix 'ad-' intensifies the action of drenching.
This word is almost entirely obsolete, appearing mainly in Middle English texts—it's a linguistic ghost showing how English once used 'ad-' prefixes much more liberally to intensify verbs, similar to how Spanish uses 'em-' today.
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