pret. and pp. drank. Old pret. and pp. drunk; pp. Drunken.

To swallow liquor, for quenching thirst or other purpose; as, to drink of the brook. Ye shall indeed drink of my cup. Matthew 20:23.

To take spirituous liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the use of spirituous liquors; to be a habitual drunkard.

To feast; to be entertained with liquors. To drink to,

To salute in drinking; to invite to drink by drinking first; as, I drink to you grace.

To wish well to, in the act of taking the cup.

To swallow, as liquids; to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; as, to drink water or wine.

To suck in; to absorb; to imbibe. And let the purple violets drink the stream.

To take in by any inlet; to hear; to see; as, to drink words or the voice. I drink delicious poison from thy eye.

To take in air; to inhale. To drink down, is to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. To drink off, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. To drink in, to absorb; to take or receive into any inlet. To drink up, to drink the whole. To drink health, or to the health, a customary civility in which a person at taking a glass or cup, expresses his respect or kind wishes for another.

Liquor to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach, for quenching thirst, or for medicinal purposes; as water, wine, beer, cider, decoctions