v. Pa. t. and pa. pple. bedrenched; also 4–6 bedreint, 6 bedrent. [f. BE- + DRENCH.] Intensive of DRENCH; to soak.
c. 1450. Crt. of Love, 577. Lady Venus … Receive our billes with teres al bedreint.
1563. Sackville, Mirr. Mag., Induct., xxi. And showers … all bedrent the place.
1593. Shaks., Rich. II., III. iii. 46. Such Crimson Tempest should bedrench … king Richard’s land.
1656. Sanderson, Serm. (1689), 362. Their heads … bedrencht … with Ointments.
1812. W. Tennant, Anster Fair, II. lviii. They … bedrench their blood with wine.
