▪ I. † ˈsoaken, v. Obs.
In 6–7 soken.
[f. soak v. + -en5.]
trans. To soak.
| 1577 Frampton Joyful News i. (1596) 20 They leaue it so vntill the water bee sokened into it. 1580 ― Dial. Yron & Steele 155 When it is well sokened. 1632 J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 36 The pith of bread sokened in Spanish wine. |
▪ II. soaken, ppl. a.
(ˈsəʊk(ə)n)
[f. soak v.]
Soaked, saturated; intoxicated.
| 1651 Manton Exp. James iv. 16 The soaken Adulterer [can boast] of so many acts of uncleanness. 1846 Landor Exam. Shaks. Wks. 1853 II. 299/2 He spake as bigly and fiercely as a soaken yeoman at an election feast. 1898 Daily News 10 Sept. 4/7 Bits of soaken drapery. |