intoxicate

intoxicate
    v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can
         uplift your spirits" [syn: {elate}, {lift up}, {uplift},
         {pick up}, {intoxicate}] [ant: {cast down}, {deject},
         {demoralise}, {demoralize}, {depress}, {dismay},
         {dispirit}, {get down}]
    2: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: {intoxicate},
       {soak}, {inebriate}]
    3: have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
    

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}.]
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   1. Intoxicated.
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   2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
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            Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me;
            I am well enough.                     --Chapman.
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Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.]
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   1. To poison; to drug. --South.
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   2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by
      strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
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            With new wine inoxicated both.        --Milton.
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   3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or
      madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
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            Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G.
                                                  Eliot.
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            They are not intoxicated by military success.
                                                  --Jowett
                                                  (Thuc.).
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "intoxicate":
      addle, animate, befuddle, bemuse, besot, bewitch, cause vertigo,
      dizzy, elate, electrify, enchant, enliven, enrapture, ensorcel,
      entrance, excite, exhilarate, fascinate, flush, galvanize,
      give a thrill, inebriate, infatuate, inspirit, invigorate, muddle,
      overwhelm, stimulate, stupefy, swirl the senses, thrill, tickle,
      titillate, whirl the mind