v. [a. F. bacchanaliser (Cotgr.): see BACCHANAL and -IZE.]

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  1.  intr. To act as a bacchanal, indulge in revelry.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Bacchanalize, to rage, play mad pranks, fare like mad men.

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1851.  S. Judd, Margaret, II. ii. (1871), 196. Saints bacchanalizing.

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  2.  trans. To turn into drunken revelry; cf. prec.

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