Definition of intoxicate Intoxicate
/ɪntɑˈksʌkejˌt/ - [intaksukeyt] - in•tox•i•cate
We found 11 definitions of intoxicate from 5 different sources.
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What does intoxicate mean?
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| intoxicate - make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | ||
| soak, inebriate | ||
| affect act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| befuddle, fuddle make stupid with alcohol | ||
| intoxicate - have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug | ||
| poison administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" | ||
| intoxicate - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" | ||
| elate, lift up, uplift, pick up | ||
| cast down, deject, dispirit, demoralise, dismay, demoralize, depress, get down fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" | ||
| shake up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" | ||
| beatify declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican" | ||
| puff blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" | ||
| exhilarate, tickle pink, beatify, inebriate, exalt, thrill fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intoxicate (a.)
Intoxicated. - intoxicate (a.)
Overexcited, as with joy or grief. - intoxicate (v. t.)
To poison; to drug. - intoxicate (v. t.)
To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance. - intoxicate (v. t.)
To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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intoxicate
in-toks′i-kāt, 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. [Low L. intoxicāre, -ātum—toxicum—Gr. toxikon, a poison in which arrows were dipped—toxon, an arrow.]
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🔤- intoxicate, verb, present, 1st person singular of intoxicate (infinitive).
- intoxicate, verb (infinitive).
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