Part 6015

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A winding, bending, or twisting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.</def>

<h1>Intort</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intorted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intorting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>intortus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>intoquere</ets> to twist; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>torquere</ets> to twist.]</ety> <def>To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Intortion</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tor"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Intorsion</er>.</def>

<h1>Intoxicant</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tox"i*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; <as>as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are <ex>intoxicants</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Intoxicate</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tox"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>intoxicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>intoxicare</ets> to drug or poison; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + L. <ets>toxicum</ets> a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ pertaining to a bow. See <er>Toxic</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Intoxicated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Overexcited, as with joy or grief.</def>

<blockquote>Alas, good mother, be not <b>intoxicate</b> for me; I am well enough. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intoxicate</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tox"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intoxicated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intoxicating</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To poison; to drug.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.</def>

<blockquote>With new wine <b>inoxicated</b> both. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.</def>

<blockquote><b>Intoxicated</b> with the sound of those very bells. <i>G. Eliot.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They are not <b>intoxicated</b> by military success. <i>Jowett (Thuc. ).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intoxicatedness</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tox"i*ca`ted*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Intoxicating</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tox"i*ca`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Producing intoxication; <?/<?/tted to intoxicate; <as>as, <ex>intoxicating</ex> liquors</as>.</def>

<h1>Intoxication</h1> <Xpage=782>