opiate


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opiate
v. medically administer opium or a derivative of opium in order to relieve pain or anesthetize completely; calm, dull the senses, make sleepy

adj. containing opium or a derivative of opium; narcotic, drug; calming, pacifying; boring

n. narcotic drug containing opium; anything which soothes or causes sleepiness or dullness of the senses; pharmaceutical substance which has properties similar to opium and its derivatives


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Opiate
For other uses see Opiate (disambiguation), or for the class of drugs see Opioid. In medicine, the term opiate describes any of the narcotic alkaloids found in opium.
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Opiat (das)
n. opiate, narcotic drug containing opium

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opiarse
v. get bored

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Opiate
(v. t.)
To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
  
 
(n.)
Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.
  
 
(n.)
Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.
  
 
(n.)
Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
  
 
(a.)
Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.
  

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