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inebriate (in EE bree ayt) (s) (noun), inebriates (pl)
A habitual drunkard or an intoxicated person or people: The nightclub where Jack lived was a place, where as an inebriate, he got his usual over supply of beers and didn’t know when to stop drinking them.
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inebriate (in EE bruh ayt") (verb), inebriates; inebriated; inebriating
1. To make intemperate or unrestrained, to impair the mental and physical abilities of an individual: Jerry knew that the combination of his medicine and wine in the evening would cause him to inebriate; so, he stayed away from such strong drinks.
2. To exhilarate or to stupify with strong drinks: Mary’s parents avoided having any alcoholic beverages served during their daughter’s birthday party because some of the guests might inebriate by taking too many sips of wine and not being in control of themselves anymore.
3. Etymology: from Latin inebriatus; past participle of inebriare, in- + ebriare, "make drunk"; from ebrius, "drunk".
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