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Webster 1913 Edition
Intoxicate
In-tox′i-cate
,Adj.
[LL.
intoxicatus
, p. p. of intoxicare
to drug or poison; pref. in-
in + L. toxicum
a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] pertaining to a bow. See Toxic
.] 1.
Intoxicated.
2.
Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
Alas, good mother, be not
I am well enough.
intoxicate
for me;I am well enough.
Chapman.
In-tox′i-cate
,Verb.
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 1828 Edition
Intoxicate
INTOX'ICATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To inebriate; to make drunk; as with spirituous liquor. As with new wine intoxicated both,
They swim in mirth--
2.
To excite the spirits to a kind of delirium; to elate to enthusiasm, frenzy or madness. Success may sometimes intoxicate a man of sobriety. An enthusiast may be intoxicated and zeal.INTOX'ICATE
,Adj.