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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It is they who have quaffed the wine of Divine Unity from the cup which the hand of God hath proffered unto them, and who have turned their faces towards Him.
From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
"Yet I have quaffed a more inspiring drink in my life-time."
From A Christian But a Roman by Mór Jókai
A drop of dew has engulfed in its capillary maw a manikin, in revenge for the thousands of drops that its big human counterparts have quaffed at breakfast.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
But the bright cup? the nectared draught Which Jove himself was to have quaffed?
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti
Many's the time we have quaffed our Chianti there, Listened to Silvio quoting us Dante there,-- Once more to drink Nebiolo spumante there, How we'd pitch Pommery into the sea!
From More Songs From Vagabondia by Bliss Carman
