Carouse /(kȧ*rouz")/

Ca·rouse

Carouse

n.
  1. A large draught of liquor. [Obs.]
    Drink carouses to the next day's fate.
  2. A drinking match; a carousal.
    The early feast and late carouse.

Carouse

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Caroused; p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing

  1. To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
    He had been aboard, carousing to his mates.

Carouse

v. t.
  1. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic]
    Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape.
    Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love.