English Explanatory Dictionary

bedrink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To drink in; drink up; drink to the fullest
  2. to get drunk

Word forms

bedrink bedrinks bedrinking bedrank bedrunk bedrunken

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”).

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