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

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