caffeinate
C2
verb
Freq #169392
Meanings
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1
verb
To drink caffeinated beverages in order to increase one's energy or wakefulness or to enhance physical or mental performance.
After he's caffeinated, he makes the now familiar morning commute down George Washington Memorial Parkway to Langley.
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2
verb
To add caffeine to something.
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3
verb
To inject tension into (a situation, etc.) for one's own amusement; to stir things up.
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4
verb
To provoke (a person) for one's own amusement.
Etymology
From caffeine + -ate.
Thesaurus
Opposites
decaffeinate
Word family
Derived forms
caffeinatorovercaffeinaterecaffeinate