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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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