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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. i. To become drunk. [Obs.] --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inebriate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inebriate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inebriate \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inebriate n : a chronic drinker [syn: {drunkard}, {drunk}, {rummy}, {sot}] v 1: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: {intoxicate}, {soak}] 2: become drunk; drink excessively [syn: {souse}, {soak}, {hit it up}]
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