tr.v. in·e·bri·at·ed, in·e·bri·at·ing, in·e·bri·ates 1. To make drunk; intoxicate. 2. To exhilarate or stupefy. adj. (-ĭt) Intoxicated. n. (-ĭt) An intoxicated person. [Latin inēbriāre, inēbriāt- : in-, intensive pref.; see IN-2 + ēbriāre, to intoxicate (from ēbrius, drunk; see egwh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] in·e′bri·ation n. |
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