intoxicate
(verb) have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
intoxicate, soak, inebriate
(verb) make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
(verb) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; “Music can uplift your spirits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
intoxicate (third-person singular simple present intoxicates, present participle intoxicating, simple past and past participle intoxicated)
To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
To excite to enthusiasm or madness.
• (to stupefy): to drunken, inebriate
intoxicate (comparative more intoxicate, superlative most intoxicate)
(obsolete) Intoxicated.
(obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
• excitation
Source: Wiktionary
In*tox"i*cate, a. Etym: [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. 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. ).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 March 2025
(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
