[syn: souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inebriated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Inebriating.] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of
inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius
drunk. See Ebriety.]
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1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
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The cups
That cheer but not inebriate. --Cowper.
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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.
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The inebriating effect of popular applause.
--Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. i.
To become drunk. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, a. [L. inebriatus, p. p.]
Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
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Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken
with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he
said. --Udall.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, n.
One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard;
as, an asylum for inebriates.
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Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. --E.
Darwin.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inebriate
n 1: a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard, drunk, rummy,
sot, inebriate, wino]
v 1: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at
the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by
his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink,
inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify]
2: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate,
soak, inebriate]
3: become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse, soak,
inebriate, hit it up]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "inebriate":
addle, addled, alcoholic, alcoholic addict, bacchanal,
bacchanalian, beery, befuddle, bemuse, bemused, besot, besotted,
bibber, big drunk, blind drunk, boozer, carouser,
chronic alcoholic, chronic drunk, crapulent, crapulous,
devotee of Bacchus, dipsomaniac, dizzy, drenched, drinker, drunk,
drunkard, drunken, far-gone, flustered, fou, full, gay, giddy,
glorious, guzzler, happy, hard drinker, heavy drinker, imbiber,
in liquor, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicate, intoxicated, jolly,
lovepot, lush, maudlin, mellow, merry, muddled, nappy, oenophilist,
pathological drinker, pot companion, problem drinker, reeling,
reveler, serious drinker, shikker, soak, soaker, social drinker,
sodden, sot, sotted, swigger, swiller, thirsty soul, tiddly,
tippler, tipsy, toper, tosspot, under the influence, wassailer,
winebibber