intoxicate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin intoxicātus, past participle of intoxicō, from Latin toxicō < toxicus, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν.

Verb

intoxicate (third-person singular simple present intoxicates, present participle intoxicating, simple past and past participle intoxicated)

1. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.

Synonyms

• (to stupefy): inebriate

Related terms

• intoxication

Translations

To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使醉 (shǐ zuì), 醉人 (zuì rén)

• Dutch: vergiftigen (nl)
• Finnish: päihdyttää (fi), juovuttaa (fi) (of alcohol), huumata (fi) (of drugs)
• French: intoxiquer (fr)
• German: berauschen (de), vergiften (de)
• Greek: μεθάω (el) (metháo), μεθώ (el) (methó)
• Italian: inebriare (it)

• Japanese: 酔わせる (ja) (よわせる, yowaseru)
• Latin: inebrio (la), inebriare (la)
• Portuguese: intoxicar (pt)
• Romanian: îmbăta (ro)
• Russian: опьянять (ru) (op'janját') impf., пьянить (ru) (p'janít') impf., опьянить (ru) (op'janít') pf., (to poison) отравлять (ru) (otravlját') impf., отравить (ru) (otravít') pf.
• Spanish: intoxicar (es), emborrachar (es)

Anagrams

• excitation