to excite or stupefy (somebody) with alcohol or drugs, esp to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
to cause (somebody) to lose self-control through excitement or elation
esp in medicine, to poison (somebody)
intoxicating adj
intoxicatedly adv
intoxication /-ʹkaysh(ə)n/ noun
[medieval Latin intoxicatus, past part. of intoxicare to poison, from in-2 + toxicum: see toxic]