Tossicate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tossicate is a verb meaning (obsolete) To upset, agitate, or disturb.
Meaning
(obsolete) To upset, agitate, or disturb.
Example Sentences
As one of the workmen expressed it, “ the earth was all turned and tossicated about.”
She'll tossicate yer brains in no time, and be as composed herself as a dove on her nest in a storm.
“Sit down on the bed, a lanman,” whispered the director to me; “ they won't disturb a lady, though they'd think little about tossicating the poor.”
The whiskey is at length sent for, but only for the purpose of being diluted, which when Judy detects, she exclaims, " Oh, if you plase, ma'am, don't put wather to it — the whiskey never harms me, but the water tossicates me sadly — just one glass, if you plase, ma'am; it's as good as five years' life to me."
Word Forms
- tossicates
- tossicating
- tossicated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include toss, toss up, enturbulate, totear, towsle, touzle.
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