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plural inebriates
A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk. quotations examples
As he walked along, the inebriate, whose gait was at first unsteady, recovered his equilibrium and required less help.
1889, Horatio Alger, chapter 18, in Driven From Home
third-person singular simple present inebriates, present participle inebriating, simple past and past participle inebriated
(transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate. examples
(transitive, figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink. quotations examples
the inebriating effect of popular applause
1841, Thomas Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration (printed in Edinburgh Review, January 1841)
(intransitive) To become drunk. quotations examples
fish that come from the Euxine Sea ; that when they come into the fresh water , do inebriate and turn up their bellies , so as you may take them with your hand
1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate
intoxicated; drunk quotations examples
Victoria, on the other hand, has apparently become more inebriate, as, according to the figures, arrests for drunkenness within her boundaries, in proportion to the population, increased from 12 per 1,000 in 1880 to 16½ in 1890 and nearly 16 in 1891; but even the latter proportions were still lower than in New South Wales during the same periods.
1894, Victorian Year-book - Volume 20, Part 2, page 355
At 30 he was inebriate, with a drink period of twelve or fifteen days.
1894, Norman Kerr, Inebriety; Or, Narcomania;, page 608
Karim found Sudhir disgusting when he was inebriate, as he was totally unpredictable and thoroughly inappropriate, albeit abusive and condescending; truly a rear-end of a donkey.
2019, Onaly A. Kapasi, Tectonic Dyssynchrony