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INTOXICATE
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
Etymology
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• (to stupefy): to drunken, inebriate
Adjective
intoxicate (comparative more intoxicate, superlative most intoxicate)
(obsolete) Intoxicated.
(obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
Anagrams
• 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
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