DRINK
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Drink (drĭ&nsmacr_;k), v. i. [imp. Drank (dră&nsmacr_;k), formerly Drunk (drŭ&nsmacr_;k); & p. p. Drunk, Drunken (-'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical.] [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.] 1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.
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Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink.
Luke xvii. 8.
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He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty.
Job xxi. 20.
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Drink of the cup that can not cloy.
Keble.
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2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the &unr_;se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple. Pope.
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And they drank, and were merry with him.
Gem. xliii. 34.
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Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely.
Thackeray.
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To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.
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I drink to the general joy of the whole table,
And to our dear friend Banquo.
Shak.
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Drink, v. t. 1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.
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There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss,
There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed.
Spenser.
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The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room.
Thackeray.
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2. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
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And let the purple violets drink the stream.
Dryden.
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3. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
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To drink the cooler air,
Tennyson.
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My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words
Of that tongue's utterance.
Shak.
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Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye.
Pope.
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4. To smoke, as tobacco. [Obs.]
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And some men now live ninety years and past,
Who never drank to tobacco first nor last.
Taylor (1630.)
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To drink down, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. Shak. -- To drink in, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. “Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle.” J. C. Shairp. -- To drink off or To drink up, to drink completely, especially at one draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. -- To drink the health of, or To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.
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Drink, n. 1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.
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Give me some drink, Titinius.
Shak.
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2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.
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Drink money, or Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity. -- Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service. -- In drink, drunk. “The poor monster's in drink.” Shak. -- Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. “ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.” Prov. xx. 1.
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