Drown, 1) trans. a) to overwhelm in or cover with water: “I'll d. my book,” Tp. V, 57. “in the --ed field,” Mids. II, 1, 96. “to d. my clothes and say I was stripped,” All's IV, 1, 57. “rivers d. their shores,” R2 III, 2, 107. R3 II, 2, 70. Hml. II, 2, 587. Tit. III, 1, 141. Tit. III, 1, 141 Mcb. V, 2, 30. “pleasure d. the brim,” All's II, 4, 48. Used of flowing tears: “they d. their eyes,” Lucr. 1239. Lucr. 1239 Sonn. 30, 5. All's IV, 3, 79. Tw. II, 1, 32. Wint. II, 1, 112. H6C II, 1, 104.
b) to suffocate in water: Lucr. 266. Tp. III, 2, 15. Wiv. III, 5, 11. H6B III, 2, 94. H6C III, 2, 186. R3 I, 4, 277. Tit. III, 2, 20. Tim. V, 1, 105. Hml. V, 1, 20. Oth. I, 3, 341. Figuratively: R3 IV, 4, 251. Tit. V, 3, 90. Tit. V, 3, 90 Mcb. I, 7, 25. Ant. IV, 2, 45. Tp. III, 2, 14. Per. V, 1, 196. Passive: “we are less afraid to be --ed than thou,” Tp. I, 1, 48. I, 2, 405. II, 1, 244. II, 2, 91. II, 2, 91 II, 2, 91 III, 3, 8. III, 3, 8 Gentl. I, 3, 79. Meas. III, 2, 52. Err. III, 2, 52. As III, 2, 305. IV, 1, 105. Tw. I, 2, 5. I, 5, 139. II, 1, 31. V, 248. H4A I, 3, 205. H5 IV, 7, 79. H6A I, 2, 12. H6C IV, 4, 23. V, 6, 20. Hml. IV, 7, 166. Hml. IV, 7, 166 Oth. I, 3, 368. Reflectively: “hang and d. their proper selves,” Tp. III, 3, 59. “to d. me,” Err. III, 2, 46. “d. thyself,” John IV, 3, 130. Hml. V, 1, 6. Hml. V, 1, 6 Hml. V, 1, 6 Hml. V, 1, 6 Hml. V, 1, 6 Hml. V, 1, 6 Oth. I, 3, 306. Oth. I, 3, 306 Oth. I, 3, 306
c) to overpower: “I in deep delight am --ed,” Pilgr. 113. Merch. II, 3, 14. H6B III, 1, 198. H6C III, 3, 14. Tim. IV, 3, 89. == to make perish: “the dropsy d. this fool,” Tp. IV, 230. “d. desperate sorrow in dead Edward's grave,” R3 II, 2, 99. “there my hopes lie --ed,” Troil. I, 1, 49. == to make completely drunk: “the sluttish ground, who is but drunken, when she seemeth --ed,” Ven. 984. a third (draught) “--s him,” Tw. I, 5, 141. “a sin that often --s him,” Tim. III, 5, 69; cf. “d. themselves in riot,” IV, 1, 28. == to sound louder, to make unheard by a louder sound: the mean is --ea “with your unruly base,” Gentl. I, 2, 96. “coughing --s the parson's saw,” LLL V, 2, 932. “to d. thy cries,” R3 II, 2, 61. “thus will I d. your exclamations,” IV, 4, 153.
2) intr. to perish in water: “an unpractised swimmer --s for want of skill,” Lucr. 1099. Lucr. 1099 Sonn. 124, 12. Tp. I, 1, 31. Tp. I, 1, 31 Tp. I, 1, 31 Tp. I, 1, 31 II, 2, 61. V, 218. Gentl. IV, 4, 4. Merch. II, 2, 172. R3 I, 4, 21. Oth. I, 3, 361.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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