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whakahaurangi

1. (verb) (-tia) to cause to be drunk, intoxicate, make someone drunk.

I mea tētahi nūpepa o Tūranga nei, nā tētahi pāparakāuta i whakahaurangi tētahi Pākehā mō te kotahi wiki, ā, pau katoa ana moni e £40 (TP 10/1908:10). / A Gisborne newspaper reported that an hotel allowed a Pākehā to be drunk for a week and he used up all his money, a total of £40.

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2. (modifier) intoxicating, alcoholic, inebriating.

Uekaha ana tā rātou kupu whakakino i te mahi inu i ngā wai whakahaurangi i ēnei rā (TWMNT 25/5/1875:110). / They were forceful in their words of condemnation of the contemporary practice of drinking intoxicating beverages.

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3. (noun) drunkard, drunk person.

E kī ana te kupu, nā te wairua poke ngā whakahaurangi katoa (KO 15/8/1883:7). / The word says that all drunks are because of an unclean spirit.

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