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.
OPIATED
O"pi*a`ted, a.
1. Mixed with opiates.