01 a. Intoxicated.
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Intoxicated.
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Overexcited, as with joy or grief.“Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough.” — Chapman.
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5 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Intoxicate
02 v. t. To poison; to drug.
imp. & p. p.
Intoxicated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Intoxicating
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To poison; to drug.
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To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.“With new wine inoxicated both.” — Milton.
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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.).