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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
intoxicate .
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Examples
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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.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 372, May 30, 1829 Various
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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.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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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.
Michael Vazquez: Huffington Post Exclusive Music World Premiere: On The Twentieth Anniversary Of Nevermind, SPIN Curates A Tribute Album (Audio) Michael Vazquez 2011
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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.
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A 40 yr old Paedophile who intoxicates and sodomizes a 13 yr old child …. everyone rising to his defense should have their heads examined.
Evening Buzz: Fugitive Filmmaker Arrested, Fighting Back 2009
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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.
Michael Vazquez: Huffington Post Exclusive Music World Premiere: On The Twentieth Anniversary Of Nevermind, SPIN Curates A Tribute Album (Audio) Michael Vazquez 2011
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A 40 yr old Paedophile who intoxicates and sodomizes a 13 yr old child …. everyone rising to his defense should have their heads examined.
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Perhaps the whole situation was just too heady and we all know power intoxicates.
Georgianne Nienaber: Coast Guard Media Liaison Works for BP's PR Agency 2010
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Perhaps the whole situation was just too heady and we all know power intoxicates.
Georgianne Nienaber: Coast Guard Media Liaison Works for BP's PR Agency 2010
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It not only intoxicates the wearer but also captures those in close proximity.
Adam Galinsky: Research on Power Teaches Why Blagojevich Did What he Did (...and Why he Might Get Away With It) Adam Galinsky 2010
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