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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.

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