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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Opiate

/ōʹpē-ət/ · O·pi·ate · IPA /ˈəʊpi.ət/
01 n. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistency than sirup, prepared with opium.
  1. 1.
    Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistency than sirup, prepared with opium.
  2. 2.
    Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
  3. 3.
    Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.
    “They chose atheism as an opiate.” — Bentley.
02 a. Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.
  1. 1.
    Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.
03 v. t. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
  1. 1.
    To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.[R.]