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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Inebriate

/ĭnˌ-ĕb'-rē-ātˌ/ · In·e·bri·ate · IPA /ɪˈniːbɹiət/
01 v. t. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
imp. & p. p. Inebriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inebriating
  1. 1.
    To make drunk; to intoxicate.
    “The cups That cheer but not inebriate.” Cowper.
  2. 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.
02 v. i. To become drunk.
  1. 1.
    To become drunk.[Obs.]
03 a. Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
  1. 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.
04 n. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates.
  1. 1.
    One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates.
    “Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety.” — E. Darwin.