inebriate

English

Etymology

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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; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
2. (transitive, figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
   • (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the inebriating effect of popular applause

3. (intransitive) To become drunk.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

• intoxicate

Derived terms

Terms derived from inebriate

• inebriacy
• inebriant
• inebriation

• inebriative
• inebriety
• inebriism

• inebrious

Translations

to cause to be drunk; to intoxicate

• Bulgarian: напивам (bg) (napivam)
• French: saouler (fr), soûler (fr), souler (fr), enivrer (fr)
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• Georgian: ათრობს (atrobs)
• German: betrunken machen, Trunkenheit verursachen, berauschen (de)
• Portuguese: embriagar (pt)
• Russian: опьянять (ru) (opʹjanjatʹ)
• Spanish: embriagar (es)

fill with sublime emotion

• Bulgarian: опиянявам (bg) (opijanjavam)
• French: enivrer (fr)
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• German: berauschen (de)
• Korean: 잔뜩 취하다 (jantteuk chwihada), 곤드레만드레 취하다 (gondeuremandeure chwihada)

to become drunk

• Bulgarian: напивам се (napivam se)
• French: se saouler (fr), se soûler (fr), se souler (fr), s'enivrer (fr)
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• Georgian: თვრება (tvreba)
• German: betrunken werden
• Portuguese: embriagar-se
• Russian: напиваться (ru) (napivatʹsja)

Adjective

inebriate (comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate)

1. intoxicated; drunk
   • (Can we date this quote by Nicholas Udall and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk

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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

(deprecated template usage) inēbriāte

1. vocative masculine singular of inēbriātus