O"pi*ate (?), n. [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.
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O"pi*ate, a. [See Opium.]
Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.
Milton.
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O"pi*ate (?), v. t.
To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
[R.]
Fenton.
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