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Wassail

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Noun

1. wassail

a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas

Verb

2. jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up

celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

Example Sentences:
'The members of the wedding party made merry all night'
'Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!'

3. drink, pledge, salute, toast, wassail

propose a toast to

Example Sentences:
'Let us toast the birthday girl!'
'Let's drink to the New Year'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wassail

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noun
1. 
(formerly) a toast or salutation made to a person at festivities
2. 
a festivity when much drinking takes place
3. 
alcoholic drink drunk at such a festivity, esp spiced beer or mulled wine
4. 
the singing of Christmas carols, going from house to house
5. archaic
a drinking song
verb
6. 
to drink the health of (a person) at a wassail
7. (intransitive)
to go from house to house singing carols at Christmas

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Wassail

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noun
1. 
a salutation formerly given in drinking the health of a person, as at a festivity
2. 
the spiced ale or other liquor with which such healths were drunk
3. 
a celebration with much drinking, esp. at Christmastime; carousal
verb intransitive
4. 
to drink wassails
5.  British
to go caroling from house to house at Christmastime
verb transitive
6. 
to drink to the health or prosperity of

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Wassail

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n.
1.
a. A salutation or toast given in drinking someone's health or as an expression of goodwill at a festivity.
b. The drink used in such toasting, commonly ale or wine spiced with roasted apples and sugar.
2. A festivity characterized by much drinking.
v. was·sailed, was·sail·ing, was·sails
v.tr.
To drink to the health of; toast.
v.intr.
To engage in or drink a wassail.

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