inebriate

English

Etymology

From Latin inebriare, from ebrius, drunk

Noun

inebriate (plural inebriates)

1. A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
   • 1889, Horatio Alger, Driven From Home, ch. 18:

     As he walked along, the inebriate, whose gait was at first unsteady, recovered his equilibrium and required less help.

Synonyms

• drunkard

Verb

inebriate (third-person singular simple present inebriates, present participle inebriating, simple past and past participle inebriated)

1. (transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
   • Macaulay

     The inebriating effect of popular applause.

3. (intransitive) To become drunk.

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Synonyms

• intoxicate

Translations

fill with sublime emotion

• French: enivrer (fr)

Derived terms

Terms derived from inebriate

inebriacy inebriant inebriation

inebriative inebriety inebriism

inebrious

Adjective

inebriate (comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate)

1. intoxicated; drunk
   • Udall

     Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said.

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Italian

Verb

inebriate

1. second-person plural present indicative of inebriare
2. second-person plural imperative of inebriare
3. Feminine plural of inebriato

Anagrams

• iberniate
• inebetirà

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Latin

Participle

inēbriāte

1. vocative masculine singular of inēbriātus