Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inebriated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]
1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.

The cups That cheer but not inebriate. --Cowper.

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.

The inebriating effect of popular applause.
--Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inebriated
adj : stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially
alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors";
"helplessly inebriated" [syn: {intoxicated}, {drunk}]
[ant: {sober}]


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