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intoxicated - 4 dictionary results

in⋅tox⋅i⋅cat⋅ed

   [in-tok-si-key-tid]
–adjective
1. affected by a substance that intoxicates; drunk; inebriated.
2. mentally or emotionally exhilarated.
Origin:
1550–60; intoxicate + -ed 2
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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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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.
  1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.
  2. To stimulate or excite: "a man whom life intoxicates, who has no need of wine" (Anaïs Nin).
  3. 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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intoxicated

adjective
1. stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" [ant: sober] 
2. as if under the influence of alcohol; "felt intoxicated by her success"; "drunk with excitement" 

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