inebriate
verb (used with object)
to make drunk; intoxicate.
were inebriating
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past progressiveof inebriate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were inebriating on ginger beer and biscuits, and their wildest revelry was the singing of "The Old Folks at Home" by a young lady in white.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
