Drowning

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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