INEBRIATE


Meaning of INEBRIATE in English

v., adj., & n.

v.tr. 1 make drunk; intoxicate. 2 excite.

adj. drunken.

n. a drunken person, esp. a habitual drunkard. inebriation n. inebriety n.

[ ME f. L inebriatus past part. of inebriare (as IN-(2), ebrius drunk) ]

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