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in⋅tox⋅i⋅cate

[v. in-tok-si-keyt; adj. in-tok-suh-kit, -keyt]

verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing, adjective

–verb (used with object)

1.	to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, esp. to excite or stupefy with liquor.

2.	to make enthusiastic; elate strongly, as by intoxicants; exhilarate: The prospect of success intoxicated him.

3.	Pathology. to poison.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to cause or produce intoxication: having the power to intoxicate.

–adjective

5.	Archaic. intoxicated.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML intoxicātus, ptp. of intoxicāre to poison. See in- ² , toxic, -ate ¹

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Language Translation for : intoxicate

Spanish:

embriagar,

German:

betrunken machen,

Japanese:

酔わせる

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in·tox·i·cate   (ĭn-tŏk'sĭ-kāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates

v.   tr.

To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.
To stimulate or excite: "a man whom life intoxicates, who has no need of wine" (Anaïs Nin).
To poison.

v. intr.
To cause stupefaction, stimulation, or excitement by or as if by use of a chemical substance: "The notion of Holy War is showing that it has not yet lost all its power to intoxicate and to inflame" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

[Middle English, to poison, from Medieval Latin intoxicāre, intoxicāt- : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Late Latin toxicāre, to smear with poison (from Latin toxicum, poison; see toxic).]

in·tox'i·cat'ing·ly adv., in·tox'i·ca'tive adj., in·tox'i·ca'tor n.

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intoxicate

1412, "full of poison" (pp. adj.), from M.L. intoxicatus, pp. of intoxicare "to poison," from L. in- "in" + toxicare "to poison," from toxicum "poison" (see toxic). The verb meaning "to poison" is first attested 1530; meaning "make drunk" first recorded 1576 (implied in intoxicated). Intoxication is c.1408, from M.L. intoxicationem, from intocixare. Intoxicant "liquor" is from 1863.

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intoxicate
verb
1.	fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" [syn: elate] [ant: cast down]
2.	make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
3.	have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug

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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.

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. ).