caffeinate

American  

[kaf-uh-neyt] / ˈkæf əˌneɪt /

verb

Informal.

1. to supply (oneself or another person) with caffeine, usually in coffee or tea.

   You can caffeinate with authentic masala chai, or cool off your palate with an undeniably tasty mango lassi.

   As a reward for running and stretching, we caffeinate ourselves at one of the multitude of downtown coffee shops.

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Etymology

Origin of caffeinate

First recorded in 1985–90; caffein(e) ( def. ) + -ate ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

They also note that they lacked details about several potentially important factors such as the type of coffee consumed, when it was consumed, the exact caffeine content, and whether participants drank other caffeinated beverages.

From Science Daily

Within a few minutes, the caffeinated mayor and his entourage were off to their next stop, leaving the couple in a happy daze.

From The Wall Street Journal

He considers the quality of the caffeinated beverages to be "pretty good".

From Barron's

But a new study from UC San Francisco and the University of Adelaide has found the opposite: participants who drank one cup of caffeinated coffee a day had a 39% lower risk of developing AFib.

From Science Daily

Try sprinkling a few coffee crystals on top of scooped ice cream for an easy yet elevated caffeinated sweet treat.

From Salon