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Webster 1913 Edition


Intoxicate

In-tox′i-cate

,
Adj.
[LL.
intoxicatus
, p. p. of
intoxicare
to drug or poison; pref.
in-
in + L.
toxicum
a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] 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.

In-tox′i-cate

,
Verb.
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.).

Webster 1828 Edition


Intoxicate

INTOX'ICATE

,
Verb.
T.
[in and L. toxicum, which, Pliny informs us, is from taxa, a species of tree.]
1.
To inebriate; to make drunk; as with spirituous liquor.
As with new wine intoxicated both,
They swim in mirth--
2.
To excite the spirits to a kind of delirium; to elate to enthusiasm, frenzy or madness. Success may sometimes intoxicate a man of sobriety. An enthusiast may be intoxicated and zeal.

INTOX'ICATE

,
Adj.
Inebriated.

Definition 2024


intoxicate

intoxicate

English

Verb

intoxicate (third-person singular simple present intoxicates, present participle intoxicating, simple past and past participle intoxicated)

  1. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.

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Adjective

intoxicate (comparative more intoxicate, superlative most intoxicate)

  1. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
  2. (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
    • Chapman
      Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.

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