Category:Opiate

O"pi*ate, n. Etym: [from opium: cf.F. opiat.]

1. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, Prepared with opium. Parr.

2. Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing Sleep or repose; a narcotic.

3. Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets Uneasiness. They chose atheism as an opiate. Bentley.

Opiate O"pi*ate, a. Etym: [see opium.]

Defn: inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing Rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of hermes. Milton.

Opiate O"pi*ate, v. t.

Defn: to subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [r.] Fenton.