English Dictionary: intoxicate | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for intoxicate | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}.] 1. Intoxicated. 2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief. Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough. --Chapman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Intoxicate \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. ). |