in·tox·i·cate [ in tóksi kàyt ](past and past participlein·tox·i·cat·ed, present participlein·tox·i·cat·ing, 3rd person present singularin·tox·i·cates)
verb
Definition:
1. transitive verb make somebody drunk or stupefied: to make somebody drunk with alcohol or stupefied with drugs or other substances
2. transitive verb excite somebody: to make somebody intensely excited or overjoyed, often so much so that the person becomes irrational
3. transitive and intransitive verb medicine
(
technical
)
Same as poisonv (sense 2)
[15th century. < medieval Latin intoxicat-, past participle of intoxicare "to poison" < Latin toxicum "poison" < Greek toxicon]
