In·tox·i·cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoxicated p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating.]
1. To poison; to drug.
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.).
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intoxicated
adj 1: stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially
alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors";
"helplessly inebriated" [syn: drunk, inebriated]
[ant: sober]
2: as if under the influence of alcohol; "felt intoxicated by
her success"; "drunk with excitement" [syn: drunk]