v. Obs. [OE. fordrencan, f. FOR- pref.1 + dręncan to DRENCH; = MLG. vordrenken.]
trans. a. To make drunk, intoxicate. lit. and fig. b. To drown. Also intr.
a. c. 1000. Ælfric, Gen. xix. 32. Uton fordrencan urne fæder færlice mid wine.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 91. Þas men beoð mid miste fordrencte.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 2343.
| Þe king, as þe þæt wes fordrenct | |
| wið þes deoules puisun. |
b. a. 1225. Juliana, 61. þe reade sea al his cunredden þear as al pharaones forde fordrencte.
1430. Lydgate, Chronicle of Troy, II. xvii.
| Alterat with Bachus myghty Ious | |
| And affered of tourning of the hous | |
| And fordreynt on the drye lande. |
