[ adj ] stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) <adj.all> a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailorshelplessly inebriated
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.
inebriated \in*e"bri*at`ed\ adj. under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk.
Then, an inebriated woman might not be able to fight off an attacker.
A conservative activist told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that he encountered Defense Secretary-designate John Tower in an inebriated condition on several occasions accompanied by women other than his wife.
Once he even lectured to inebriated patrons at a bar where an ethnic-studies group was meeting.
A jury decided that the accident wasn't his fault, that a subway worker should have noticed his inebriated state and forced him off the platform.
"He was found in the Bronx one day, passed out in a gutter," said Nicholas Stepich, of New York, a former gun captain aboard the Campbell. "He was totally inebriated.
But Mrs. Dukakis was never inebriated in public.
"I have not seen him inebriated to the extent he could not perform his duties," replied DeConcini, who said later he had seen Tower "under the influence" several times.
A security checkpoint stops packaged alcohol at the gate, but tanker captains are responsible for inebriated crew members.
"But inebriated to the point that he could not operate?" interrupted Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
"I am in love," screamed a somewhat inebriated young man, holding his autographed photos.
Critic Says He's Seen Tower Inebriated, With Other Women A conservative activist testified Tuesday he has "on a number of occasions" seen Defense Secretary-designate John Tower publicly inebriated and in the company of women other than his wife.