Dictionary entry

Carouse (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ca‐rouse″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Caroused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Carousing.] 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.

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