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opiate


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Opiate  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Opiate  \O"pi*ate\,  a.  [See  {Opium}.] 
  Inducing  sleep;  somniferous;  narcotic;  hence  anodyne; 
  causing  rest,  dullness,  or  inaction;  as  the  opiate  rod  of 
  Hermes.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Opiate  \O"pi*ate\,  v.  t. 
  To  subject  to  the  influence  of  an  opiate;  to  put  to  sleep. 
  [R.]  --Fenton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  opiate 
  n  :  a  narcotic  drug  that  contains  opium  or  an  opium  derivative 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  OPIATE,  n.  An  unlocked  door  in  the  prison  of  Identity.  It  leads  into 
  the  jail  yard. 
 
 




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