Intoxicate
[ɪn'tɒksɪkeɪt]
Definition
(verb.) have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug.
(verb.) make drunk (with alcoholic drinks).
Edited by Hugh--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Intoxicated.
(a.) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
(v. t.) To poison; to drug.
(v. t.) To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
(v. t.) To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
Inputed by Hodge
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Inebriate, fuddle, muddle, make drunk, make tipsy.
Typist: Oliver
Definition
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.
Typist: Miranda
Examples
- He saw the grotesque, and a curious sort of mechanical motion intoxicated him, a confusion in nature. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You are stopping in this house, Sir,' said the indignant little man; 'you are intoxicated now, Sir; you shall hear from me in the morning, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Germania was deliberately intoxicated, she was systematically kept drunk, with this sort of patriotic rhetoric. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As the noise and rapidity of the drumbeats increased the dancers apparently became intoxicated with the wild rhythm and the savage yells. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He is intoxicated, I'm sure. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The embarrassment from the liquor question which Woodrow Wilson feared does not arise because teetotaler and drunkard both become intoxicated when they discuss the saloon. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As he was reading, an affray arose between two gentlemen in the room, who were both partially intoxicated. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Let me then look on thy dear eyes, and, reading love in them, drink intoxicating pleasure. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He experimented with nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for ten months until he had thoroughly learned its intoxicating effects. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The mere flow of animal spirits was Paradise, and at night's close I only desired a renewal of the intoxicating delusion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Another and another, with broken exclamations, and extravagant phrases, endeavoured to express the intoxicating effect of this wonder of nature. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The fermentation which occurs in bread making is similar to that which is responsible for the transformation of plant juices into intoxicating drinks. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- An hour ago, the happiness of knowing that I shall never press her again, intoxicates me like strong liquor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: McDonald