intoxicate

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
To excite to enthusiasm or madness.

Synonyms

(to stupefy): to drunken, inebriate

Related terms

intoxication
toxic

Translations

To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol

Chinese:
Mandarin: 使醉 (shǐ zuì), 醉人 (zuì rén)
Dutch: vergiftigen (nl)
Finnish: päihdyttää, 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)
Italian: inebriare (it)

Japanese: 酔わせる (よわせる, yowaseru)
Latin: inebrio, inebriare
Maori: whakahaurangi
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)

Adjective

intoxicate (comparative more intoxicate, superlative most intoxicate)

(obsolete) Intoxicated.
(obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
- Chapman
  Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.

Anagrams

excitation