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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}.]
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1. Intoxicated.
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2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
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Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me;
I am well enough. --Chapman.
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Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.]
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1. To poison; to drug. --South.
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2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by
strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
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With new wine inoxicated both. --Milton.
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3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or
madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
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Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G.
Eliot.
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They are not intoxicated by military success.
--Jowett
(Thuc.).
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