Part 193

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In*ed"it*ed (?), a. Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript.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, 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.