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Inebriating definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INE'BRIATING, ppr. Making drunk; intoxicating.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inebriate 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.