(dr<icr/<nsm/k), v. i. [imp. Drank (dr<acr/<nsm/k), formerly Drunk (dr<ucr/<nsm/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,
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