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Drown Drown, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See Drunken, Drink.] To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. [1913 Webster]

Methought, what pain it was to drown. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Drown Drown, v. t. 1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. ``They drown the land. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. [1913 Webster]

3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound. [1913 Webster]

Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]

My private voice is drowned amid the senate. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

{To drown up}, to swallow up. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]