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  • adjective obsolete drenched.
  • adjective obsolete drowned.

Etymologies

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From Middle English, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfan ("to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown"), equivalent to be- +‎ dive. Cognate with Middle Low German bedöven ("immersed").

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  • bedoven - drenched, drowned; from the past particle of archaic bedive (immerse, submerge, drown)

    October 16, 2011