quaff
verb (used without object)
to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
have quaffed
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present perfectof quaff.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I tell you, besides, Sir Knight, you undervalue the wine we have quaffed.
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Sir Walter Scott
To be loved by any woman is flattering to the feelings of every man, no matter how deeply he may have quaffed the bitter goblet of worldly knowledge.
From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
In words of incomparable beauty We have made fitting mention of such leaves and handmaidens as have quaffed from the living waters of heavenly grace and have kept their eyes directed towards God.
From Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
Methinks they have quaffed their fill of the ocean of renunciation.
From Epistle to the Son of the Wolf by Bahá'u'lláh
Amongst men there are those who have turned away from Him and gainsaid His testimony, while others have quaffed the wine of assurance in the glory of His Name which pervadeth all created things.
From Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
