— inebriation , n.
v. /in ee"bree ayt', i nee"-/ ; n. , adj. /in ee"bree it, i nee"-/ , v. , inebriated, inebriating , n. , adj.
v.t.
1. to make drunk; intoxicate.
2. to exhilarate, confuse, or stupefy mentally or emotionally.
n.
3. an intoxicated person.
4. a habitual drunkard.
adj.
5. Also, inebriated . drunk; intoxicated.
[ 1400-50; late ME inebriatus ptp. of inebriare to make drunk, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + ebri ( us ) drunk + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 4. See drunkard .