单词 | sench |
释义 | † senchv. Obsolete. transitive. To submerge, cause to sink; to drown (a person). Also figurative. Cf. asench v.In quot. c1390 reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > dip or plunge into liquid > cause to sink in a liquid senchOE asenchOE sinkc1175 drenchc1200 adrenchc1300 drenklea1325 submerse?a1425 drownc1465 submerge1490 sommerse1632 whelm1725 whemmel1824 OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) ii. 54 Þonne ealle arisaþ, swa hwæt swa eorþe forswealh & fyr forbærnde & sæ sencte & wildeor fræton. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) x. 15 And þu Cafarnaum oð heofon upahafen, þu byst oþ helle gesenced [L. demergeris]. c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) l. 235 Þu..hare fan senchtest [c1225 Bodl. asenchtest] þet ham efter sohten. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 31 In sunne ant sorewe y am seint. c1390 Gregorius (Vernon) (1914) 156 (MED) Wiþ watur he wolde him senche [rhymes swynke, drinke, brinke]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.OE |
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