Hypertext Webster Gateway: "opiate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
opiate
n : a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
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