Inebriate /(?)/

In·e·bri·ate

Inebriate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Inebriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inebriating

  1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
    The cups That cheer but not inebriate.
  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.

Inebriate

v. i.
  1. To become drunk. [Obs.]

Inebriate

a.
  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.

Inebriate

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