Intoxicate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intoxicate \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}.]
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     1. Intoxicated.


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     2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
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              Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me;
              I am well enough.                     --Chapman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.]
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     1. To poison; to drug. --South.
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     2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by
        strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
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              With new wine inoxicated both.        --Milton.
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     3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or
        madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
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              Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G.
                                                    Eliot.
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              They are not intoxicated by military success.
                                                    --Jowett
                                                    (Thuc.).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intoxicate
       v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can
            uplift your spirits" [syn: {elate}, {lift up}, {uplift},
             {pick up}] [ant: {depress}]
       2: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: {soak}, {inebriate}]
       3: have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "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