The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inebriating
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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To make drunk; to intoxicate.
The cups That cheer but not inebriate.
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Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy.
The inebriating effect of popular applause.
--Macaulay.
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inebriating
vb. (present participle of inebriate English)