Inebriate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INEBRIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. INEBRIATING.] [Lat. inebriāre, inebriātum, from prefix in, used intensively, and ebriāre, to make drunk, from ebrius, drunk; It. inebriāre, Sp. inebriar.]

1Sense 1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.

The cups That cheer, but not inebriate. Cooper.

2Sense 2. To disorder the senses of; to stupefy, or to make furious or frantic; to exhilarate; to enliven or animate. “The inebriating effect of popular applause.” Macaulay.

To be or become intoxicated.

n. [Lat. inebriatus, p. p. of ineb ria re.] One who is drunk; especially, an habitual drunkard. Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. Darwin.