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▪ I. inebriate, ppl. a. and n.|ɪˈniːbrɪət|
[ad. L. inēbriāt-us, pa. pple. of inēbriāre: see next.]
A. ppl. a. Inebriated, drunken; intoxicated (lit. and fig.). Often const. as pa. pple.
1497Bp. Alcock Mons Perfect. B iij, Peter as a man inebryat in the loue of god. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Pref. 5 a, We myghte haue ben so inebriate wt our unestimable felicitie. Ibid., Luke ix. 98 Thus spake Peter as a man inebriate and made drounken with the swetenesse of this vision. 1742Young Nt. Th. iii. 20 Inebriate at fair Fortune's fountain-head, And reeling through the wilderness of joy. 1805Southey Ball. & Metr. T. Poet. Wks. VI. 48 Inebriate with the deep delight, Dim grew the Pilgrim's swimming sight. 1844Sir W. Napier Conq. Scinde ii. i. (1845) 227 Inebriate, luxurious Princes.
B. n. An intoxicated person; esp. a person addicted to drunkenness, a habitual drunkard.
1794–6E. Darwin Zoon. (1801) I. 365 This vertigo also continues, when the inebriate lies in his bed, in the dark. 1864Soc. Sc. Rev. I. 419 We learn that an Asylum for Inebriates has been opened at Binghampton. 1898Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 2/1 When questions were over, the Home Secretary introduced his Habitual Inebriates Bill.
▪ II. inebriate, v.|ɪˈniːbrɪeɪt|
[f. prec., or ppl. stem of L. inēbriāre to inebriate, intoxicate, f. in- (in-2) + ēbriāre to intoxicate, f. ēbrius drunk.]
1. trans. To make drunk; to intoxicate. Also absol.
1555Eden Decades 259 Such stronge drinkes as are of force to inebriate. 1601Holland Pliny II. 152 Sweet wines do not so much inebriate and ouerturne the brain, as others. 1744Berkeley Siris §217 The luminous spirit lodged in the native balsam of pines..is of a nature so mild..as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate. 1784Cowper Task iv. 40 While..the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each. 1894Cornh. Mag. Mar. 300 Mr. Tasker's tendency to inebriate himself.
2. transf. and fig.
a. To intoxicate in mind or feeling; to excite or stupefy, as with liquor.
1497Bp. Alcock Mons Perfect. B iij, It inebriate them so yt they were made by it oblyvyous of all worldly things. 1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (Shaks. Soc.) 13 Securitie in wealth and prosperity, which doth inebriate the mindes of men. 1640Habington Castara iii. (Arb.) 128 O you! whom your Creators sight Inebriates with delight! 1640–1Ld. J. Digby Sp. in Ho. Comm. 9 Feb. 10 Christs discipline hath beene adulterated,..the whole Church inebriated by the Prelates. 1728–9Berkeley Serm. Rom. viii. 13 Wks. 1871 IV. 632 Curb..every passion, each whereof inebriates and obfuscates no less than drink and meat. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 105 A spiritual drunkenness, inebriating the soul, as strong drink doth the body. 1878Disraeli Sp. 28 July, A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.
†b. To refresh as with drink; to water, drench, moisten. Obs.
1609Bible (Douay) Ps. lxiv. 10 [lxv. 9] Thou hast visited the earth, and hast inebriated [Vulg. inebriasti] it. 1624Gataker Transubst. 72 The Chalice is our Saviours blood to cleanse and inebriate devout Soules. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 83 With bloud I will inebriate Mine arrows.
†3. intr. To become intoxicated. Obs. rare.
1626Bacon Sylva §703 Great Quantities of Fish..when they come into the Fresh Water, do inebriate and turn vp their Bellies, So as you may take them with your Hand [cf. quot. 1615 in inebriated 1]. |