2. Verb. (archaic spelling of drowned) ¹
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Definition of Drownd
1. to drown [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: drown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drownd
Literary usage of Drownd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Researches and Missionary Labours Among the Jews, Mohammedans, and Other Sects by Joseph Wolff (1837)
"... the space forming the holy ground was raised by supernatural means, so as to
remain above the waters, which had drownd the rest of the world. ..."
2. Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset edited by Hugh Norris, Charles Herbert Mayo, Frederic William Weaver (1893)
"Wm. Son of Jn. James was drownd at Highbridge River on I3th Dec. ... A man found
drownd on nth Sept. 1831 Stranger. A Man Stranger drownd in Highbridge ..."
3. Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Samuel Timmins (1860)
"Alas, then fhe is drownd. £>uee. drownd, drownd. Laer. Too much of water haft
thou poore Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my teares; but yet It is our tricke ..."
4. Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset (1893)
"Wm. Son of Jn. James was drownd at Highbridge River on I3th Dec. 1828. Child of
Benm. ... A Man Stranger drownd in Highbridge River nth March 1831. ..."
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