wassail

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[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Noun

wassail (plural wassails)

  1. A toast to health, usually at a festival.
  2. The beverage served during a wassail.
  3. Revelry.

[edit] Translations

beverage served during a wassail

[edit] Verb

wassail (third-person singular simple present wassails, present participle wassailing, simple past and past participle wassailed)

  1. (transitive) To toast, to drink to the health of another.
    The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.
  2. (intransitive) To drink wassail.

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