From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Methought, what pain it was to drown. --Shak.
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From 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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