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INTOXICATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they intoxicate ... he / she / it intoxicates
Past simple: intoxicated
Past participle: intoxicated
-ing form: intoxicating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "intoxicate" is one way to...):
poison (administer poison to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
intoxicant (a drug that can produce a state of intoxication)
intoxicant (causing intoxication)
intoxication (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)
intoxication (the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "intoxicate" is one way to...):
affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intoxicate"):
befuddle; fuddle (make stupid with alcohol)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)
intoxication (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
Example:
Music can uplift your spirits
Synonyms:
elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "intoxicate" is one way to...):
excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)
Cause:
joy; rejoice (feel happiness or joy)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intoxicate"):
beatify (make blessedly happy)
puff (make proud or conceited)
beatify; exalt; exhilarate; inebriate; thrill; tickle pink (fill with sublime emotion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The good news will intoxicate her
The performance is likely to intoxicate Sue
Derivation:
intoxication (excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety)
Context examples:
They had their limitations to forget, and when they were drunk, their dim, stupid spirits were even as gods, and each ruled in his heaven of intoxicated desire.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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