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.
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In*e"bri*ate, v. i.
To become drunk.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
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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.
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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.
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