Thesaurus: opiate

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1. n. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.
2. n. Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
3. n. Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.
4. a. Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.
5. v. t. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
6. n. a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
7. 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. Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [R.] Fenton.
8. Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causingrest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton.
9. n:100 n. a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative