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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drown \Drown\, v. t.
1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. "They
drown the land." --Dryden.
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2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
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3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said
especially of sound.
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Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. --Sir
J. Davies.
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My private voice is drowned amid the senate.
--Addison.
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{To drown up}, to swallow up. [Obs.] --Holland.
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