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Intoxicating : adj
1: able to intoxicate [syn: intoxicant]
2: extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn: heady]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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. ).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Intoxicating : \In*tox"i*ca`ting\, a.
Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as,
intoxicating liquors.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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