bedrink

== English == === 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”). === Verb === bedrink (third-person singular simple present bedrinks, present participle bedrinking, simple past bedrank, past participle bedrunk or bedrunken) (ambitransitive, archaic) To drink in; drink up; drink to the fullest (reflexive, archaic) to get drunk