inebriate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a chronic drinker
    drunk; sot; wino; drunkard; rummy.
  2. verb fill with sublime emotion
    thrill; tickle pink; exalt; exhilarate; beatify.
    • The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
    • He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
  3. verb make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
    intoxicate; soak.
  4. verb become drunk or drink excessively
    souse; hit it up; soak.

WordNet

In*e"bri*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. inebriatus, p. p. of inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius drunk. See Ebriety.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inebriated ; present participle & verbal noun Inebriating
Definitions
  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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become drunk. Obs. Bacon.
In*e"bri*ate adjective
Etymology
L. inebriatus, p. p.
Definitions
  1. 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
Definitions
  1. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum fro inebriates.
    Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. E. Darwin.

Webster 1913