opiate
opiate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
- 2.Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness. They chose atheism as an opiate. Bentley.
- 3.Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton.
- 4.To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [R.] Fenton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic called?
- What is anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness. They chose atheism as an opiate. Bentley called?
- What is inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton called?
- What is to subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [R.] Fenton called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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