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noun
A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
Excitement leads to enthusiasm, that moral intoxication, whose effects seem incredible to the sober, while the influence which produces the extravagance appears more extraordinary than the act itself.