jollifyv.
/ˈdʒɒlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑləˌfaɪ/ colloquial.
1. transitive. To make jolly or merry; to make slightly intoxicated: cf. jolly adj. 3b.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make partially drunk
dozy1568
to gild over1574
mizzle1583
flustera1616
stain1631
elevatea1704
flustrate1712
jollify1824
tipsify1837
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 600 Such things serve as shoeing-horns to draw on more bottles by jollifying the host.
2. intransitive. To make merry; esp. to indulge in drinking.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)]
to drink deepa1300
bousec1300
bibc1400
to drink drunk1474
quaff1520
to set cock on the hoopa1535
boll1535
quass1549
tipple1560
swillc1563
carouse1567
guzzle1579
fuddle1588
overdrink1603
to drink the three outs1622
to bouse it1623
sota1639
drifflec1645
to drink like a fisha1653
tope1668
soak1687
to play at swig1688
to soak one's clay (or face)1704
impote1721
rosin1730
dram1740
booze1768
to suck (also sup) the monkey1785
swattle1785
lush1811
to lift up the little finger1812
to lift one's (or the) elbow1823
to crook one's elbow or little finger1825
jollify1830
to bowse up the jib1836
swizzle1847
peg1874
to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot1889
to tank up1902
sozzle1937
to belt the bottle1941
indulge1953
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely
wassailc1300
waught?a1513
quaff1520
to drink (it) all outa1522
bibblea1529
quaught1530
to set cock on the hoopa1535
quass1549
tipple1560
swillc1563
carouse1567
to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567
troll-the-bowl1575
to take one's rousea1593
pot1622
tope1668
toot1676
compotate1694
to soak one's clay (or face)1704
birlea1800
to splice the mainbrace1805
jollify1830
brimmer1838
to give it a bit of a nudge1966
nudge1966
1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 212 Noah was about performing a religious rite at the very moment that he jollified.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Dec. 3 The tens of thousands who jollified at Sydenham on Boxing Day.
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley I. vi. 66 Here will they all jollify together; while the sky holds a cloud, or the locker a drop.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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