INEBRIATE

inebriate. Inebriate, v. to make or grow drunk, to stupify

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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. 1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
The cups That cheer but not inebriate. Cowper. 2. 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.