Meaning of INTOXICATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]in'tâksukit, [v]in'tâksu`keyt, in'tâksi`keyt
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- [v] have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
- [v] make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- [v] fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
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| | Synonyms: | | elate, inebriate, lift up, pick up, soak, uplift |
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| | Antonyms: | | cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down | | |
| | See Also: | | affect, beatify, befuddle, exalt, excite, exhilarate, fuddle, inebriate, joy, poison, puff, rejoice, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, thrill | |
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\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.
\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. ).
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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