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.
Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak.