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My daughter (a student at Stanford) recently raised a question regarding
the English language that her colleagues and professors couldn't answer,
and it has me stumped as well: When you give someone something to eat, you
feed them. When you give someone something to drink you ___ them. What is
the appropriate word?

Many other languages have words to differentiate the two,
e.g. the Hindi "khilana" (to give something to eat), and
"pilana" (to give something to drink). In English, "feed"
serves both purposes, as in, "feeding milk to a child". But
if you really want a separate term, the closest might be
"libate" (to pour out wine in honor of a god). Perhaps you
can try extending its meaning and use it generically.
-Anu

What do you say?

We water our livestock, but not our friends or children. It seems we have no transitive verb for what would be described as "giving someone a drink."

Whaddaya think?