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English
Etymology
From in- + drench or equivalent.
Verb
indrench (third-person singular simple present indrenches, present participle indrenching, simple past and past participle indrenched)
- (transitive, obsolete) To sink or immerse; to steep.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:They lye indrench'd. I tell thee, I am mad