Intoxicate

/ɪnˈtɒk.sɪ.keɪt/ verb

To make someone drunk or affected by a substance; or to fill someone with such strong excitement or pleasure that they act differently.

From Latin *intoxicare* “to poison,” from *in-* “in” and *toxicum* “poison.” It originally meant poisoning with drugs or alcohol before expanding to emotional or mental “intoxication.”

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