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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make drunk; to intoxicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cups
That cheer but not inebriate. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inebriating effect of popular applause. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become drunk. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inebriatus, p. p. ] Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk.
Syn. -- besotted, bibulous, blind, blind drunk, drunk, drunken, inebriate, sottish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. inebriatio. ] The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. Macaulay.

Syn. -- See Drunkenness. [ 1913 Webster ]