- To drink to
- 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. [1913 Webster]
He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. --Job xxi. 20. [1913 Webster]
Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
And they drank, and were merry with him. --Gem. xliii. 34. [1913 Webster]
Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
{To drink to}, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking. [1913 Webster]
I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
