INEBRIATE

v., adj., & n.

--v.tr.

1. make drunk; intoxicate.

2 excite.

--adj. drunken.

--n. a drunken person, esp. a habitual drunkard.

Derivatives:

inebriation n. inebriety n.

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