\In*e"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inebriated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Inebriating}.] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of
inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius
drunk. See {Ebriety}.]
1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
         The cups That cheer but not inebriate. --Cowper.
2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as
   if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment;
   also, to stupefy.
         The inebriating effect of popular applause.
                                               --Macaulay.

\In*e"bri*ate\, v. i.
To become drunk. [Obs.] --Bacon.

\In*e"bri*ate\, a. [L. inebriatus, p. p.]
Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
      Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken
      with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he
      said.                                    --Udall.

\In*e"bri*ate\, n.
One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard;
as, an asylum fro inebriates.
      Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. --E.
                                               Darwin.