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intoxicate

verb

  1. (of an alcoholic drink, drug) to cause to lose mental acuity
  2. to transfix, become drunk, mentally impair, or stupefy
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɒksɪkət/ / /ɪnˈtɑksɪkət/ / /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/ / /ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪt/

adj

Etymology: First attested in 1425, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

  1. Inebriated, intoxicated.
  2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.

    Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.

  3. Empoisoned, smeared with poison, rendered poisonous.
  4. Killed by poison.
  5. Caused by poison.

noun

Etymology: First attested in 1425, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

  1. One who is intoxicated.

verb

Etymology: First attested in 1450, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicaten, from intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from intoxicātus, perfect passive participle of intoxicō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Late Latin toxicō (“to smear, anoint with poison”), from toxicus (“toxic, poisonous”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón). By surface analysis, in- + toxic + -ate.

  1. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
  2. To excite to enthusiasm or madness.