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Intoxicate

Intoxicate Meaning & Definition
Intoxicate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Intoxicate?

[v] have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
[v] make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
[v] fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intoxicate: elate | inebriate | lift up | pick up | soak | uplift

Related Terms | Find terms related to Intoxicate: addle | animate | befuddle | bemuse | besot | bewitch | cause vertigo | dizzy | elate | electrify | enchant | enliven | enrapture | ensorcel | entrance | excite | exhilarate | fascinate | flush | galvanize | give a thrill | inebriate | infatuate | inspirit | invigorate | muddle | overwhelm | stimulate | stupefy | swirl the senses | thrill | tickle | titillate | whirl the mind

See Also | affect | beatify | befuddle | exalt | excite | exhilarate | fuddle | inebriate | joy | poison | puff | rejoice | shake | shake up | stimulate | stir | thrill

Intoxicate In Webster's Dictionary

\In*tox"i*cate\, a. [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. ?, fr. ? pertaining to a bow. See {Toxic}.] 1. Intoxicated. 2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief. Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough. --Chapman.
\In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.] 1. To poison; to drug. --South. 2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance. With new wine inoxicated both. --Milton. 3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively. Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G. Eliot. They are not intoxicated by military success. --Jowett (Thuc. ).

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