caffeinate
caf·fein·ate [ ˈka-fə-ˌnāt]
[ˈka-fə-ˌnāt]
caffeinated; caffeinating
: to get caffeine or to provide caffeine to (someone) by means of a caffeinated beverage (such as coffee)
No sitter this afternoon, so I caffeinate and stumble through the routine …— Nancy Kruger Cohen The Lady K, as locals call it, caffeinates customers in the morning …— Amy Mayer Inspired by Stephen King's how-to "On Writing," he scrawled a longhand draft of "Tietam" in six weeks, caffeinating himself through the wee hours with two-liter Diet Cokes.— Gregory Kirschling
Recent Examples on the Web
//To caffeinate in the morning, I was quickly won over by Lavanda Cafe.
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Nevin Martell, Washington Post, "In central Mexico, a retreat that’s perfect for families," 14 June 2019
//Next stop is to caffeinate and carbo-load for your journey.
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Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle, "Road trip along Sierra Nevada’s Feather River," 16 Mar. 2018
//Taking a little one who already operates on hyperdrive and caffeinate them?
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Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Redbook, "Parenting," 16 Feb. 2012
//To caffeinate in the morning, I was quickly won over by Lavanda Cafe.
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Nevin Martell, Washington Post, "In central Mexico, a retreat that’s perfect for families," 14 June 2019
//Taking a little one who already operates on hyperdrive and caffeinate them?
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Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Redbook, "Parenting," 16 Feb. 2012
//Next stop is to caffeinate and carbo-load for your journey.
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Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle, "Road trip along Sierra Nevada’s Feather River," 16 Mar. 2018
First Known Use of caffeinate
1989, in the meaning defined above
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