inebriate

From Latin inebriare, from ebrius (“drunk”).

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.

• drunkard; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

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.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Macaulay

     the inebriating effect of popular applause

3. (intransitive) To become drunk.

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

• intoxicate

inebriate (comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate)

1. intoxicated; drunk
   • (Can we date this quote?) Nicholas Udall

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

• See Thesaurus:drunk

inebriate

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

• iberniate
• inebetirà

inēbriāte

1. vocative masculine singular of inēbriātus