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Definition of Intoxecate

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. ).

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • to stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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