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uvesco

uvesco, to drink freely, tipple

ūvesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [uveo, uvens], to grow or become moist, wet, damp, dank, or humid (poet.).
  • I Lit.: suspensae in litore vestes Uvescunt, Lucr. 1, 306; Avien. Arat. 254.—
  • II Transf., poet., to moisten or refresh one's self, i.e. to drink freely, to tipple: seu quis capit acria fortis Pocula, seu modicis uvescit laetius, * Hor. S. 2, 6, 70.

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