Intoxicating

Intoxicating
Intoxicate In*tox"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To poison; to drug. --South. [1913 Webster]

2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance. [1913 Webster]

With new wine inoxicated both. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively. [1913 Webster]

Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]

They are not intoxicated by military success. --Jowett (Thuc.). [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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