OPIATE

opiate

(noun) a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

opiate (not comparable)

Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.

(pharmaceutical effect) Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.

Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

Noun

opiate (plural opiates)

(pharmaceutical drug) A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.

Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.

Hypernyms

• opioid

Verb

opiate (third-person singular simple present opiates, present participle opiating, simple past and past participle opiated)

(transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.

Source: Wiktionary


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.

O"pi*ate, a. Etym: [See Opium.]

Definition: Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton.

O"pi*ate, v. t.

Definition: To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [R.] Fenton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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