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Meaning of intoxicate in English
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈtɑksəkeɪt/
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Verb
intoxicate
Etymology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘poison’): from medieval Latin intoxicare, from in-‘into’ + toxicare‘to poison’, from Latin toxicum (see toxic)
Definitions
1.
fill with high spirits
Examples
« fill with optimism »
« Music can uplift your spirits »
Antonyms
depress
deject
cast down
get down
dismay
dispirit
demoralize
demoralise
2.
make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
3.
have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug