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Pronunciation : In*tox"i*cate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. Toxic.]
Definition : 1. Intoxicated.

2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief. Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough. Chapman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : In*tox"i*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To poison; to drug. South.

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. ).

t. [imp. & p. p. Intoxicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913