Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, a. [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. ?, fr. ? pertaining to a bow. See {Toxic}.] 1. Intoxicated.
2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough. --Chapman.
Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.] 1. To poison; to drug. --South.
2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
With new wine inoxicated both. --Milton.
3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G. Eliot.
They are not intoxicated by military success. --Jowett (Thuc.).