caffeinate C2 Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈkæfɪˌneɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #169392 Meanings 1 verb To drink coffee or other caffeinated drinks to feel more awake and alert. I can't have a proper conversation until I've caffeinated in the morning. 2 verb To add caffeine to a drink or product. The company decided to caffeinate its new line of sparkling water. Thesaurus ↔ Opposites decaffeinate Word family Derived forms caffeinatorovercaffeinaterecaffeinate Etymology AI details From caffeine + -ate. Topics Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # caffeinate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈkæfɪˌneɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 169392 ## Meanings 1. To drink coffee or other caffeinated drinks to feel more awake and alert. 2. To add caffeine to a drink or product. ## Examples - I can't have a proper conversation until I've caffeinated in the morning. - The company decided to caffeinate its new line of sparkling water. ## Antonyms - decaffeinate ## Derived Forms - caffeinator - overcaffeinate - recaffeinate ## Etymology From caffeine + -ate. ## AI Etymology Caffeinate is formed from caffeine + -ate. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include to drink coffee or other caffeinated drinks to feel more awake and alert and to add caffeine to a drink or product. The wider family includes derived forms such as caffeinator, overcaffeinate, and recaffeinate. ## Topics - Food & Drink - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown