What does intoxicate mean?
Definitions for intoxicate
ɪnˈtɒk sɪˌkeɪt; -kɪt, -ˌkeɪtin·tox·i·cate
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Princeton's WordNet
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicateverb
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
"Music can uplift your spirits"
intoxicate, soak, inebriateverb
make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
intoxicateverb
have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
Wiktionary
intoxicateverb
To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To INTOXICATEverb
To inebriate; to make drunk.
Etymology: in and toxicum, Latin.
The more a man drinketh of the world, the more it intoxicateth; and age doth profit rather in the powers of understanding than in the virtues of the will and affections. Francis Bacon.
As with new wine intoxicated both,
They swim in mirth, and fancy that they feel
Divinity within them breeding wings,
Wherewith to scorn the earth. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix.My early mistress, now my ancient muse,
That strong Circean liquor cease t' infuse,
Wherewith thou didst intoxicate my youth. John Denham.What part of wild fury was there in the bacchanals which we have not seen equall'd, if not exceeded by some intoxicated zealots? Decay of Piety.
Others, after having done fine things, yet spoil them by endeavouring to make them better; and are so intoxicated with an earnest desire of being above all others, that they suffer themselves to be deceived. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
Vegetables by fermentation are wrought up to spirituous liquors, having quite different qualities from the plant itself; for no fruit taken crude has the intoxicating quality of wine. Arbuthnot.
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intoxicate
To intoxicate generally means to make someone lose control of their faculties or behavior by consuming excessive amounts of alcohol or drugs. It can also refer to a strong emotional excitement or euphoria. Additionally, it can signify the effect of a poisonous substance on a person's body. Overall, it refers to a state of mental or physical impairment caused by a substance or an experience.
Webster Dictionary
Intoxicateadjective
intoxicated
Intoxicateadjective
overexcited, as with joy or grief
Intoxicateverb
to poison; to drug
Intoxicateverb
to make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance
Intoxicateverb
to excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively
Etymology: [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.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Intoxicate
in-toks′i-kāt, v.t. to make drunk: to excite to enthusiasm or madness.—n. Intox′icant, an intoxicating liquor.—p.adj. Intox′icāting, producing intoxication: inebriating.—n. Intoxic′ātion, state of being drunk: high excitement or elation. [Low L. intoxicāre, -ātum—toxicum—Gr. toxikon, a poison in which arrows were dipped—toxon, an arrow.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intoxicate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of intoxicate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of intoxicate in a Sentence
We are not going to allow Burkinabes to be used as guinea pigs, if we intoxicate one link in the food chain, we are going to intoxicate the next link.
Alexander Pope, An essay on Criticism:
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.
If a man knows the law, find out, though he live in a pine shanty, and resort to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the imprisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint a landscape, and convey into souls and ochres all the enchantments of Spring or Autumn; or can liberate and intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious songs and verses; it is certain that the secret cannot be kept; the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and tens and fifties to his doors.
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- vergiften, berauschenGerman
- μεθώ, μεθάωGreek
- intoxicar, emborracharSpanish
- مسمومیتPersian
- huumata, juovuttaa, päihdyttääFinnish
- intoxiquerFrench
- ebriigarIdo
- inebriareItalian
- 酔わせるJapanese
- ಮಾದಕವಸ್ತುKannada
- inebrio, inebriareLatin
- vergiftigenDutch
- intoxicarPortuguese
- intoxicaRomanian
- опьянить, опьянять, пьянить, отравлять, отравитьRussian
- نشہ آورUrdu
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