Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intoxicating"

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)

Intoxicating \In*tox"i*ca`ting\, a.
Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as,
intoxicating liquors.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

intoxicating
adj 1: able to intoxicate [syn: {intoxicant}]
2: extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn: {heady}]

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