intoxicate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intoxicātus, past participle of intoxicō, from Latin toxicō < toxicus, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón).

Pronunciation

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɒksɪkət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɑksɪkət/

Verb

intoxicate (third-person singular simple present intoxicates, present participle intoxicating, simple past and past participle intoxicated)

1. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.

   Synonyms: drunken, get drunk, inebriate

2. To excite to enthusiasm or madness.

   Synonyms: awaken, exhilarate; see also Thesaurus:thrill

Related terms

• intoxication
• intoxicant
• toxic
• toxicant

Translations

To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol

• Arabic: أَسْكَرَ (ʔaskara)
• Bulgarian: опиянявам (bg) (opijanjavam), упоявам (bg) (upojavam)
• Catalan: intoxicar (ca), emborratxar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使醉 (shǐ zuì), 醉人 (zuì rén)

• Dutch: vergiftigen (nl)
• Finnish: päihdyttää (fi), juovuttaa (fi) (of alcohol), huumata (fi) (of drugs)
• French: intoxiquer (fr)
• German: berauschen (de), vergiften (de)
• Greek: μεθάω (el) (metháo), μεθώ (el) (methó)
• Ido: ebriigar (io)
• Ingrian: humalluttaa
• Italian: inebriare (it), ubriacare (it)
• Japanese: 酔わせる (よわせる, yowaseru)
• Korean: 취하게 하다 (chwihage hada)
• Latin: inebrio, inebriare
• Maori: whakahaurangi, whakawairangi
• Polish: otępić pf, odurzyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: intoxicar (pt)
• Romanian: intoxica (ro)
• Russian: опьяня́ть (ru) impf (opʹjanjátʹ), пьяни́ть (ru) impf (pʹjanítʹ), опьяни́ть (ru) pf (opʹjanítʹ), (to poison) отравля́ть (ru) impf (otravljátʹ), отрави́ть (ru) pf (otravítʹ)
• Spanish: intoxicar (es), emborrachar (es)
• Turkish: sarhoş etmek (tr)
• Welsh: meddwi (cy)

to excite to enthusiasm or madness

• Catalan: emborratxar (ca)
• German: berauschen (de)
• Irish: splanc

Adjective

intoxicate (comparative more intoxicate, superlative most intoxicate)

1. (obsolete) Intoxicated.

   Synonyms: chemically inconvenienced; see also Thesaurus:drunk

2. (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.

   Synonyms: fever-pitched, highwrought; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic

   • 1605 August (first performance), Geo[rge] Chapman, Ben Ionson, Ioh[n] Marston, Eastward Hoe. […], London: […] [George Eld] for William Aspley, published September 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.

Anagrams

• excitation

Spanish

Verb

intoxicate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of intoxicar combined with te