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inebriated - 3 dictionary results

in⋅e⋅bri⋅ate

  [v. in-ee-bree-eyt, i-nee-; n., adj. in-ee-bree-it, i-nee-] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, noun, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make drunk; intoxicate.
2. to exhilarate, confuse, or stupefy mentally or emotionally.
–noun
3. an intoxicated person.
4. a habitual drunkard.
–adjective
5. Also, in⋅e⋅bri⋅at⋅ed. drunk; intoxicated.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L inēbriātus ptp. of inēbriāre to make drunk, equiv. to in- in- 2 + ēbri(us) drunk + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅e⋅bri⋅a⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
4. See drunkard.
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in·e·bri·ate   (ĭn-ē'brē-āt')   
tr.v.   in·e·bri·at·ed, in·e·bri·at·ing, in·e·bri·ates
  1. To make drunk; intoxicate.
  2. To exhilarate or stupefy as if with alcohol.
adj.   (-ĭt)
Intoxicated.
n.   (-ĭt)
An intoxicated person.

[Latin inēbriāre, inēbriāt- : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + ēbriāre, to intoxicate (from ēbrius, drunk; see egwh- in Indo-European roots).]
in·e'bri·a'tion n.
in·e·bri·at·ed   (ĭn-ē'brē-ā'tĭd)   
adj.  Exhilarated or stupefied by or as if by alcohol; intoxicated.
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