Intoxicate

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  • intransitive verb. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.
  • intransitive verb. To stimulate or excite.
  • intransitive verb. To poison.
  • intransitive verb. To cause stupefaction, stimulation, or excitement by or as if by use of a chemical substance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Intoxicated.
  • To poison.
  • To make drunk, as with spirituous liquor; inebriate.
  • Figuratively, to excite to a very high pitch of feeling; elate to exaltation, enthusiasm, or frenzy: as, one intoxicated by success.
  • To poison.
  • To cause or produce intoxication; have the property of intoxicating: as, an intoxicating liquor.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Intoxicated.
  • adjective. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
  • transitive verb. To poison; to drug.
  • transitive verb. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
  • transitive verb. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
  • verb. have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
  • verb. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
  • Word Usage
    "They know that the mainstream press is in thrall to power and is therefore compromised, thus they're seeking a new path to redress their grievances -- and new antidotes to the poison spread by the powerful to intoxicate the minds and hearts of the powerless."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    sober  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    poison  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
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