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. ).
