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inebriate
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Word definitions for inebriate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, a. [L. inebriatus, p. p.] Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied. Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said. --Udall.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from Latin inebriatus , past participle of inebriare "to make drunk," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + ebriare "make drunk," from ebrius "drunk," of unknown origin. Related: Inebriated ; inebriating . Also inebriacy ; inebriant (n. and adj.); inebriety ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard , drunk , rummy , sot ] v. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" ...
Usage examples of inebriate.
Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew, Reeling, through endless summer days, From inns of molten blue.
He takes a mighty swing at the boy, but his inebriated con- dition causes the blow to ricochet off, and slam against a locker panel.
Robin staggered along behind until they reached the chair, then he tripped and tumbled into it, sitting down with the gracelessness of the near terminally inebriated.
They were not exactly inebriated, but their spirits were worked up to a pitch they had never attained before.
Bible in her lap, there to spend the hours in holy meditation till such time as the inebriated trumpeter should awaken to a sense of propriety.
A totally nice person whose parents died years ago in a plane crash when the inebriated Frazier, Senior, tried to land his seaplane on the Grand Corniche in Monte Carlo.
I said to the inebriated moron, closing the back door before he could pour himself into the car.
His fatigued, vaguely inebriated brain took a hazy moment to recall exactly where he was.
And before any protest could materialize from the inebriated Owen, she was on her feet.
Her letter suggests strongly that, one night when her father was inebriated, he had taken a terrible advantage of her innocence indeed, one can place no other construction on it and as a consequence of this she feared that she was with child.
But even inebriated, even as woozy as she was, Jessica could sense what was going to happen.
When he is sober, he talks intellectually, unreeling arguments s Defined as a person who becomes more inebriated than his blood alcohol levels would explain.
Jameson always got the feeling around her that she regarded men as nothing more than inebriated fraternity boys.
Nor did she notice in her inebriated confusion that the bottle she gripped contained white spirit and not vodka.
Progress for the inebriated became a trial of slipped steps and hooked ankles, overseen by jeering, half-naked sailors.