споить

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Russian

Etymology

с- (s-) +‎ пои́ть (poítʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

спои́ть (spoítʹpf (imperfective спа́ивать)

  1. to make drunk
    • 1870, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин, “Органчик”, in История одного города; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The History of a Town, Oxford: Willem A. Meeuws, 1980:
      Пробовали споить его, но он, не отказываясь от водки, только потел, а секрета не выдавал.
      Probovali spoitʹ jevo, no on, ne otkazyvajasʹ ot vodki, tolʹko potel, a sekreta ne vydaval.
      They tried to make him drunk, but, while not refusing the vodka, he did nothing but sweat and gave nothing away.

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