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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1528-1585
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Intoxicat, -ate, a. Also: -catt, -cait. [ME. intoxycat (1412–20), -icat (1494), -ycate (1491), etc., L. intoxicātus.] Intoxicated, poisoned. Freq. fig.(a) 1528 Lynd. Dreme 480.
His intoxicat dispositioun … puttis all thyng to perditioun 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xiii.
Quhat nobill men and ladyis hes bene tint Quhen thay with lustis wer intoxicat c1552 Lynd. Mon. 160.
The ault intoxicat Saturne c1550 Rolland Court of Venus I. 435.
All thy lufe it is intoxicait With marrit mind a1568 Bannatyne MS 239 b/5*.
Devulgant thair intoxicatt blasphematioun a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxv. 76.
Intoxicat with sorrowis poysonit lance a1578 Pitsc. i. 10/13.
Be the governouris intoxicat counsall Thir nobill men … war perischit all(b) 1533 Boece ix. v. 296 b.
King Vter … was posonit by drink of cald wattir of ane fontane, intoxicate be ane Saxoun c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3294.
That prince wes so effeminate, With sensuall luste intoxicate
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