inebriation
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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 egwh- 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 drug addiction, white plague - an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) |
2. | inebriation - a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time grogginess - a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol sottishness - stupefaction from drink |
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inebriation
nounThe condition of being intoxicated with alcoholic liquor:
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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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