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.
In*e"bri*ate, v. i. To become drunk. [Obs.] Bacon.
In*e"bri*ate (?), a. [L. inebriatus, p. p.] Intoxicated; drunk;
habitually given to drink; stupefied.
Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the
sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said.
Udall.
In*e"bri*ate, n. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual
drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates.
Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety.
E. Darwin.
In*e`bri*a"tion (?), n. [L. inebriatio.] The condition of being
inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and
judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne.
Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- See Drunkenness.
In`e*bri"e*ty (?), n. [See Inebriate, Ebriety.] Drunkenness;
inebriation. E. Darwin.
In*e"bri*ous (?), a. Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating. [R.]
T. Brown.
In*ed"it*ed (?), a. Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited
manuscript. T. Warton.
||I`née" (?), n. [F.] An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant
||(Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.
||
In*ef`fa*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. ineffabilitas: cf. F. ineffabilité.] The
quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.
In*ef"fa*ble (?), a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not,
and Effable, Fame.] Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable;
unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment
over the soul.
Beattie.
In*ef"fa*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being ineffable or
unutterable; unspeakableness.
In*ef"fa*bly, adv. In a manner not to be expressed in words;
unspeakably. Milton.
In`ef*face"a*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + effaceable: cf. F.
ineffaçable.] Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
In`ef*face"a*bly, adv. So as not to be effaceable.
In`ef*fect"i*ble (?), a. Ineffectual; impracticable. [R.] Bp. Hall.
In`ef*fect"ive (?), a. [Pref. in- not + effective: cf. F. ineffectif.]
Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an
ineffective appeal.
The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and ineffective
letter.
Jer. Taylor.
In`ef*fect"ive*ly, adv. In an ineffective manner; without effect;
inefficiently; ineffectually.
In`ef*fect"ive*ness, n. Quality of being ineffective.
In`ef*fec"tu*al (?; 135), a. Not producing the proper effect; without
effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an
ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. Pope.
The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by
many found ineffectual.
Boyle.
Syn. -- Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless;
unavailing; futile. See Useless, Inefficacious.