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Drink \Drink\ (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Drank} (dr[a^][ng]k),
formerly {Drunk} (dr[u^][ng]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
?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 \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 \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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