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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Gird  thyself,  and  serve  me  till  have  eaten  and 
  drunken;  and  afterward  thou  shalt  eat  and  drink. 
  --Luke  xvii. 
  8. 
 
  He  shall  drink  of  the  wrath  the  Almighty.  --Job  xxi. 
  20. 
 
  Drink  of  the  cup  that  can  not  cloy.  --Keble. 
 
  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. 
 
  And  they  drank,  and  were  merry  with  him  --Gem. 
  xliii.  34. 
 
  Bolingbroke  always  spoke  freely  when  he  had  drunk 
  freely.  --Thackeray. 
 
  {To  drink  to},  to  salute  in  drinking;  to  wish  well  to  in  the 
  act  of  taking  the  cup;  to  pledge  in  drinking. 
 
  I  drink  to  the  general  joy  of  the  whole  table,  And 
  to  our  dear  friend  Banquo  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Drunk  \Drunk\,  a.  [OE.  dronke,  drunke,  dronken,  drunken,  AS 
  druncen.  Orig.  the  same  as  drunken,  p.  p.  of  drink.  See 
  {Drink}.] 
  1.  Intoxicated  with  or  as  with  strong  drink;  inebriated; 
  drunken;  --  never  used  attributively,  but  always 
  predicatively;  as  the  man  is  drunk  (not,  a  drunk  man). 
 
  Be  not  drunk  with  wine,  where  in  is  excess.  --  Eph. 
  v.  18. 
 
  Drunk  with  recent  prosperity.  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  Drenched  or  saturated  with  moisture  or  liquid. 
 
  I  will  make  mine  arrows  drunk  with  blood.  --  Deut. 
  xxxii  42. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Drunk  \Drunk\,  n. 
  A  drunken  condition;  a  spree.  [Slang] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  drunk 
  adj  1:  stupefied  or  excited  by  a  chemical  substance  (especially 
  alcohol);  "a  noisy  crowd  of  intoxicated  sailors"; 
  "helplessly  inebriated"  [syn:  {intoxicated},  {inebriated}] 
  [ant:  {sober}] 
  2:  as  if  under  the  influence  of  alcohol;  "felt  intoxicated  by 
  her  success";  "drunk  with  excitement"  [syn:  {intoxicated}] 
  n  1:  a  chronic  drinker  [syn:  {drunkard},  {rummy},  {sot},  {inebriate}] 
  2:  someone  who  is  intoxicated 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Drunk 
  The  first  case  of  intoxication  on  record  is  that  of  Noah  (Gen. 
  9:21).  The  sin  of  drunkenness  is  frequently  and  strongly 
  condemned  (Rom.  13:13;  1  Cor.  6:9,  10;  Eph.  5:18;  1  Thess.  5:7, 
  8).  The  sin  of  drinking  to  excess  seems  to  have  been  not 
  uncommon  among  the  Israelites. 
 
  The  word  is  used  figuratively,  when  men  are  spoken  of  as  being 
  drunk  with  sorrow,  and  with  the  wine  of  God's  wrath  (Isa.  63:6; 
  Jer.  51:57;  Ezek.  23:33).  To  "add  drunkenness  to  thirst"  (Deut. 
  29:19,  A.V.)  is  a  proverbial  expression,  rendered  in  the  Revised 
  Version  "to  destroy  the  moist  with  the  dry",  i.e.,  the 
  well-watered  equally  with  the  dry  land,  meaning  that  the  effect 
  of  such  walking  in  the  imagination  of  their  own  hearts  would  be 
  to  destroy  one  and  all 
 




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