INTOXICATE


Meaning of INTOXICATE in English

I. -si-kət adjective

Date: 15th century

archaic : intoxicated

II. -sə-ˌkāt transitive verb

( -cat·ed ; -cat·ing )

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin intoxicatus, past participle of intoxicare, from Latin in- + toxicum poison — more at toxic

Date: 15th century

1. : poison

2.

a. : to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished

b. : to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.