[toast] vb [ME tosten, fr. MF toster, fr. LL tostare to roast, fr. L tostus, pp. of torrere to dry, parch--more at thirst] vt (14c) 1: to warm thoroughly
2: to make (as bread) crisp, hot, and brown by heat ~ vi: to become toasted; esp: to warm thoroughly
[2]toast n (15c) 1 a: sliced bread browned on both sides by heat b: food prepared with toasted bread
2. [fr. the use of pieces of spiced toast to flavor drinks] a: someone or something in honor of which persons usu. drink b: one that is highly admired "she's the ~ of society" 3 [[3]toast]: an act of proposing or of drinking in honor of a toast
4: a rhyming narrative poem existing in oral tradition among black Americans [3]toast vt (1640): to propose or drink to as a toast