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intoxicated

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
sober - not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
2.intoxicated - as if under the influence of alcohol; "felt intoxicated by her success"; "drunk with excitement"
excited - in an aroused state
Translations
Spanish intoxicated [ɪnˈtɔksɪkeɪtɪd] adjembriagado
French intoxicated [ɪnˈtɔksɪkeɪtɪd] adjivre
German intoxicated [ɪnˈtɔksɪkeɪtɪd] adjbetrunken (fig); berauscht
Italian intoxicated [ɪnˈtɔksɪkeɪtɪd] adjinebriato/a

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To which I believe we may add, the consideration of her vast fortune, which, though he was too sober to be intoxicated with it, he was too sensible to despise.
For several miles Worson went on very well, at an easy gait, without apparent fatigue, for he had really great powers of endurance and was not sufficiently intoxicated to enfeeble them.
But he did not succeed, and became too intoxicated to fetch any more drink, and yet not so intoxicated as to forget what had happened.
 
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