[syn: intoxicate, soak, inebriate]
3. have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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1. Intoxicated.
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2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
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Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me;
I am well enough. --Chapman.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoxicated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating.]
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1. To poison; to drug. --South.
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2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by
strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
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With new wine inoxicated both. --Milton.
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3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or
madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
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Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G.
Eliot.
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They are not intoxicated by military success.
--Jowett
(Thuc.).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intoxicate
v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can
uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift,
pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject,
demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay,
dispirit, get down]
2: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate,
soak, inebriate]
3: have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "intoxicate":
addle, animate, befuddle, bemuse, besot, bewitch, cause vertigo,
dizzy, elate, electrify, enchant, enliven, enrapture, ensorcel,
entrance, excite, exhilarate, fascinate, flush, galvanize,
give a thrill, inebriate, infatuate, inspirit, invigorate, muddle,
overwhelm, stimulate, stupefy, swirl the senses, thrill, tickle,
titillate, whirl the mind