vi to become drunk.
2. inebriate ·vt to make drunk; to intoxicate.
3. inebriate ·adj intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
4. inebriate ·noun one who is drunk or intoxicated; ·esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum fro inebriates.
5. inebriate ·vt fig.: to disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy.