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