Definition of: intoxicate

(in·tok′sə·kāt) v.t. ·cat·ed, ·cat·ing
1. To make drunk; inebriate.
2. To elate or excite to a degree of frenzy.
3. To poison, as by bacterial toxins, serum injections, drugs, alcohol, etc.
—adjective (-kit) Drunk; intoxicated. [<Med. L intoxicatus, pp. of intoxicare poison, drug <L toxicum poison]
—in·tox′i·cant adjective & noun
—in·tox′i·ca′tion noun
—in·tox′i·ca′·tive adjective