"bedrink" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bedrinks [present, singular, third-person], bedrinking [participle, present], bedrank [past], bedrunk [participle, past], bedrunken [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English *bedrinken, from Old English bedrincan (“to drink in, drink up, absorb”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidrinkan; conflated with Middle English bidrenchen (“to soak up, steep”) (attested in Middle English bidrenkt (“soaked, drenched”)), from Old English *bedrenċan (“to drench completely”), equivalent to be- + drink and be- + drench. Cognate with Dutch bedrinken (“to drink up, get drunk”), German betrinken (“to get drunk”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*bedrinken}} Middle English *bedrinken, {{inh|en|ang|bedrincan|t=to drink in, drink up, absorb}} Old English bedrincan (“to drink in, drink up, absorb”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bidrinkan}} Proto-West Germanic *bidrinkan, {{inh|en|enm|bidrenchen|t=to soak up, steep}} Middle English bidrenchen (“to soak up, steep”), {{cog|enm|bidrenkt|t=soaked, drenched}} Middle English bidrenkt (“soaked, drenched”), {{inh|en|ang|*bedrenċan|t=to drench completely}} Old English *bedrenċan (“to drench completely”), {{pre|en|be|drink}} be- + drink, {{pre|en|be|drench}} be- + drench, {{cog|nl|bedrinken|t=to drink up, get drunk}} Dutch bedrinken (“to drink up, get drunk”), {{cog|de|betrinken|t=to get drunk}} German betrinken (“to get drunk”) Head templates: {{en-verb|bedrinks|bedrinking|bedrank|bedrunk|past_ptc2=bedrunken}} bedrink (third-person singular simple present bedrinks, present participle bedrinking, simple past bedrank, past participle bedrunk or bedrunken)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To drink in; drink up; drink to the fullest Tags: archaic, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-bedrink-en-verb-rd-z1ZKZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 61 39
  2. (reflexive, archaic) to get drunk Tags: archaic, reflexive
    Sense id: en-bedrink-en-verb-2Vd-lN0E

Inflected forms

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