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
Opiate
Opiat (das)
n.
opiate, narcotic drug containing opium
opiarse
v.
get bored
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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