intoxicate

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They intoxicate, and pierce to tears.

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  1. transitive verb To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.
  2. transitive verb To stimulate or excite: "a man whom life intoxicates, who has no need of wine” (Anaïs Nin).
  3. transitive verb To poison.

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  1. Middle English, to poison, from Medieval Latin intoxicāre, intoxicāt- : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Late Latin toxicāre, to smear with poison (from Latin toxicum, poison; see toxic).

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  1. from Latin intoxicatus, past participle of intoxicare (later Italian intossicare = Spanish entosigar, entosicar, atosigar, atosicar, intoxicar = Portuguese entoxicar, atoxicar = Provencal entoyssegar, entuysegar, entoxiguar = French intoxiquer), poison, from Latin in, in, + toxicum, poison: see toxic.
  2. from Middle Latin intoxicatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪt/
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