Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.