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intoxicate

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in·tox·i·cate  (n-tks-kt)
v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates
v.tr.
1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.
2. To stimulate or excite: "a man whom life intoxicates, who has no need of wine" Anaïs Nin.
3. To poison.
v.intr.
To cause stupefaction, stimulation, or excitement by or as if by use of a chemical substance: "The notion of Holy War is showing that it has not yet lost all its power to intoxicate and to inflame" Conor Cruise O'Brien.

[Middle English, to poison, from Medieval Latin intoxicre, intoxict- : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Late Latin toxicre, to smear with poison (from Latin toxicum, poison; see toxic).]

in·toxi·cating·ly adv.
in·toxi·cative adj.
in·toxi·cator n.

intoxicate
Verb
[-cating, -cated]
1. (of an alcoholic drink) to make (a person) drunk
2. to stimulate or excite to a point beyond self-control [Latin in- in + toxicum poison]
intoxicated adj
intoxicating adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.intoxicateintoxicate - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
beatify - make blessedly happy
puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, tickle pink, exalt, thrill - fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
2.intoxicate - make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
fuddle, befuddle - make stupid with alcohol
3.intoxicate - have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
poison - administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
Translations
Spanish intoxicate [ɪnˈtɔksɪkeɪt] vtembriagar
French intoxicate [ɪnˈtɔksɪkeɪt] vtenivrer
Italian intoxicate [ɪnˈtɔksɪkeɪt] vtinebriare

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There was one deliberate act of hers which especially helped to intoxicate me.
I wished to recline at full length in a cushioned invalid chair, with pictures about me and sumptuous furniture; with frescoed walls and gilded arches above me and vistas of Corinthian columns stretching far before me; with perfumes of Araby to intoxicate my senses and the slumbrous drone of distant noises to soothe me to sleep.
The mephitic gases of that region intoxicate the brain.
 
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