Definition of "intoxicates" [intoxicates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intoxicate. (verb)

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• "The same quantity of wine diluted intoxicates sooner than the same quantity drank in the same time _without_ dilution; the wine being applied to a larger surface of the stomach, acts with proportionably greater quickness -- though wine _diluted_ sooner _intoxicates_, its effects are sooner over."
• "On blustery days, it warms me from the belly to the fingers and the toes; it intoxicates my senses; it gives me a happy jolt."
• "It is hell, and through the power struggle it depicts, it inherently intoxicates us with both the captor's sense of absolute power and the captive's will to ultimately escape."