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Definitions for: Inebriate [n] a chronic drinker
[v] become drunk; drink excessively
[v] make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
[v] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
Webster (1913) Definition: In*e"bri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inebriated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Inebriating.] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of
inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius
drunk. See Ebriety.]
1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
The cups That cheer but not inebriate. --Cowper.
2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as
if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment;
also, to stupefy.
The inebriating effect of popular applause.
--Macaulay.
In*e"bri*ate, v. i.
To become drunk. [Obs.] --Bacon.
In*e"bri*ate, a. [L. inebriatus, p. p.]
Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken
with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he
said. --Udall.
In*e"bri*ate, n.
One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard;
as, an asylum fro inebriates.
Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. --E.
Darwin.
Synonyms: beatify, drunk, drunkard, exalt, exhilarate, hit it up, intoxicate, rummy, soak, sot, souse, thrill
See Also: affect, alcoholic, befuddle, booze, boozer, dipsomaniac, drink, drinker, elate, fuddle, imbiber, intoxicate, juicer, lift up, lush, pick up, soaker, souse, toper, uplift
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