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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
