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Verb
/dous/,
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doused, past participle; doused, past tense; douses, 3rd person singular present; dowsing, present participle; dowsed, past tense; dowsed, past participle; dowses, 3rd person singular present; dousing, present participle;
  1. Pour a liquid over; drench
    • - he doused the car with gasoline and set it on fire
  2. Extinguish (a fire or light)
    • - stewards appeared and the fire was doused
    • - nothing could douse her sudden euphoria
  3. Lower (a sail) quickly

  1. put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
  2. wet thoroughly
  3. dip: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
  4. lower quickly; "douse a sail"
  5. slacken; "douse a rope"
  6. drench: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
  7. (dousing) submersion: the act of wetting something by submerging it
  8. Dousing is the practice of making something or someone wet by throwing liquid over them, e.g., by pouring water, generally cold, over oneself. A related practice is ice swimming. Some consider cold water dousing to be a form of asceticism.
  9. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse; To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail; To fall suddenly into water; To put out; to extinguish
  10. (Dousing) The ability to find physical objects and answer simple yes or no questions using ones connection to the universal consciousness enhanced by the use of rods or pendulums to pick up the corresponding vibrations.
  11. To stop using or douse the staysail is to lower it quickly and stop it drawing.
  12. To wrap or roll (as a sail or a flag) close to or around something; to furl a sail
  13. Douse is a liner spell that allows the caster to put out a small fire. It is often used by mages as a convenience spell for putting out candles and torches without having to touch them. This combined with the ignite spell allows the caster to masterfully affect fires. ...
  14. Sweet. (from French)