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Douse

verb

(past & past part. doused; pres. part. dousing)

Put out, as of a candle or a light. Synonym: put out.

Wet thoroughly. Synonym: dowse.

Dip into a liquid. Synonyms: dip, duck.

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. Synonyms: dip, dunk, plunge, souse. "Dip the brush into the paint"

Lower quickly.

Slacken. Synonym: dowse.

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto. Synonyms: dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse.

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"Douse" Quotes from Famous Books

... over to him a plate of the celebrated Steynham pie, of her own invention, such as no douse in the county of Sussex ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... only once in the twelvemonth!" And that was the end of him; the insult rankled in his mind; and he retired to rest. He is a fish-curer, a man over fifty, and pretty rich too. He's as bad again to-day; but I'll be shot if he keeps me awake, I'll douse him with water if he makes a row.—Ever ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Douse" : brine, put out, immerse, quench, ret, flush, duck, sluice, bedraggle, dabble, souse, wet, blow out, dousing, bate, remit, slacken, roll up, furl, draggle, extinguish, dip, snuff out