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Webster 1913 Edition
Drunk
Drunk
,Adj.
[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.
Drunk
,Noun.
A drunken condition; a spree.
[Slang]
Webster 1828 Edition
Drunk
DRUNK
,Adj.
1.
Intoxicated; inebriated; overwhelmed or overpowered by spirituous liquor; stupefied or inflamed by the action of spirit on the stomach and brain. It is brutish to be drunk.Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess.
2.
Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquor.I will make my arrows drunk with blood. Deuteronomy 32.
[Note. Drunk was formerly used as the participle of drink; as, he had drunk wine. But in modern usage, drank has taken its place; and drunk is now used chiefly as an adjective.]