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intoxicative

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in⋅tox⋅i⋅ca⋅tive

  [in-tok-si-key-tiv]
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–adjective Archaic.
1. of or pertaining to intoxicants or intoxication.
2. intoxicating.
Origin:
1625–35; intoxicate + -ive
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in·tox·i·cate   (ĭn-tŏk'sĭ-kāt')   
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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