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intoxicate

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intoxicate \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. ).

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}.]
   1. Intoxicated.

   2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.

            Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am
            well enough.                          --Chapman.

Source : WordNet®

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
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