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   intoxicate

   /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. (of alcoholic drink or a drug) cause (someone) to lose control of their faculties or behaviour: "we don't allow people into sessions if they are intoxicated by alcohol or drugs" Similar inebriatemake drunkmake intoxicatedmake inebriatedbefuddlefuddlestupefygo to someone's headmake someone's head spininformal:make leglessmake woozyOpposite sober someone up
   • ▪ excite or exhilarate (someone): "except for NYC and LA, no American city has so intoxicated and infuriated writers" Similar exhilaratethrillelatedelightcaptivateenthralentranceenraptureinvigorateanimateenlivenexcitestirrousemoveinspireinflameelectrifyfire with enthusiasmfire someone's imaginationinformal:give someone a buzzgive someone a kickbowl overtickle someone pinkgive someone a chargeOpposite bore
   • 2. poison (someone). archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘poison’): from medieval Latin intoxicare, from in- ‘into’ + toxicare ‘to poison’, from Latin toxicum (see toxic).

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