Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Intoxicate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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. ).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

intoxicate
v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism [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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