to drink to
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Drink \Drink\ (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Drank (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly Drunk (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. Drunk, Drunken (-'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical.] [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]
1.To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring. [1913 Webster]
Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink.— Luke xvii. 8.[1913 Webster]
He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty.— Job xxi. 20.[1913 Webster]
Drink of the cup that can not cloy.— Keble.[1913 Webster]
2.To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the ?se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
And they drank, and were merry with him.— Gem. xliii. 34.[1913 Webster]
Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely.— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]
To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking. [1913 Webster]
I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo.— Shak.[1913 Webster]