in|e|bri|ate

in|e|bri|ate
in|e|bri|ate «verb. ihn EE bree ayt; noun, adjective. ihn EE bree iht», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, noun, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to make drunk; intoxicate: »

Sweet wines do not so much inebriate and overturn the brain as others (Philemon Holland).

2. Figurative. to intoxicate mentally; excite beyond self-control; stupefy: »

A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity (Benjamin Disraeli).

–n.
a habitual drunken person.
–adj.
intoxicated; drunk: »

Figurative. Inebriate with the deep delight, Dim grew the Pilgrim's swimming sight (Robert Southey).

╂[< Latin inēbriāre (with English -ate1) < in- (intensive) + ēbriāre intoxicate < ēbrius drunk]

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