libate

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"Let us libate to the gods of chance, gentlemen; and then take a stroll."

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  1. To make a libation, as by pouring out wine.
  2. To pour out, as wine or milk.
  3. To make a libation to; honor with a libation. [Rare and incorrect.] A son of Israel has no gods whom he can libate. L. Wallace, Ben-Hur, p. 441.

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  1. from Latin libatus, past participle of libare (later Italian libare = Portuguese Spanish libar), take out a little taste, sip, pour out, = Greek λείβειν, pour out, make a libation of (wine or other liquor) in honor of a divinity.
 

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