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Webster 1913 Edition

Inebriate

In-e′bri-ate

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
I.
To become drunk.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

In-e′bri-ate

,
Adj.
[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

,
Noun.
One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard;
as, an asylum for
inebriates
.
Some
inebriates
have their paroxysms of inebriety.
E. Darwin.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inebriate

INE'BRIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. inebrio, inebriatus; in and ebrio, to intoxicate; ebrius, soaked, drenched, drunken. The Latin ebrius is contracted from ebrigus or ebregus, as appears from the Spanish embriagar, to intoxicate, embriago, inebriated; Gr. to water or irrigate. See Rain.]
1.
To make drunk; to intoxicate.
2.
To disorder the senses; to stupefy, or to make furious or frantic; to produce effects like those of liquor, which are various in different constitutions.

INE'BRIATE

,
Verb.
I.
To be or become intoxicated.

INE'BRIATE

,
Noun.
A habitual drunkard.
Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety terminated by much pale urine, profuse sweats, &c.

Definition 2024

inebriate

inebriate

English

Noun

inebriate ‎(plural inebriates)

  1. A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
    • 1889, Horatio Alger, Driven From Home, ch. 18:
      As he walked along, the inebriate, whose gait was at first unsteady, recovered his equilibrium and required less help.

Synonyms

Verb

inebriate ‎(third-person singular simple present inebriates, present participle inebriating, simple past and past participle inebriated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
    • Macaulay
      The inebriating effect of popular applause.
  3. (intransitive) To become drunk.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

Translations

Derived terms

Adjective

inebriate ‎(comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate)

  1. intoxicated; drunk
    • Udall
      Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said.

Italian

Verb

inebriate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of inebriare
  2. second-person plural imperative of inebriare
  3. feminine plural of inebriato

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

inēbriāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inēbriātus

Etymology

From Latin inebriare, from ebrius, drunk

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