in·e·bri·ate

(ĭn-ē′brē-āt′)

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 eg^wh- in Indo-European roots).]

in·e′bri·a′tion n.

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Noun	1.	inebriation - habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness drug addiction, white plague - an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
	2.	inebriation - a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol drunkenness, inebriety, insobriety, tipsiness, intoxication temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time grogginess - a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol sottishness - stupefaction from drink

inebriation

noun

The condition of being intoxicated with alcoholic liquor:

crapulence, drunkenness, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness.

Translations

inebriation

[ɪˌniːbrɪˈeɪʃən] N (frm) → embriaguez f

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inebriation

n (form) → betrunkener Zustand

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in·e·bri·a·tion

n. embriaguez, intoxicación, condición alcoholic.

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