Opiate
['əʊpɪət] or ['opɪət]
Definition
(noun.) a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.
Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.
(n.) Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
(n.) Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.
(a.) Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.
(v. t.) To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
Editor: Rae
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Anodyne, narcotic, sedative.
Inputed by Dan
Definition
n. a drug containing opium to induce sleep: that which dulls sensation physical or mental.—adj. inducing sleep.—adj. O′piated.
Typist: Wolfgang
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
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Examples
- It was six o'clock in the morning before the strong opiate which Dr. Bain had prescribed for me produced any effect. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And what opiate for his severe sufferings--what object for his strong passions--had he sought there? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Farebrother's suspicion as to the opiate was true, however. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Occupation alone, if I could deliver myself up to it, would be capable of affording an opiate to my sleepless sense of woe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Entertain this belief, he cried, hug it to your heart--make it a pillow to your head, an opiate for your eyes --I am content. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The belief in such compensation is a great opiate for present miseries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I resolved to visit London, to see him; to quiet these agonizing throes by the sweet medicine of hope, or the opiate of despair. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He may have been taking an opiate, was a thought that crossed Mr. Farebrother's mind--tic-douloureux perhaps--or medical worries. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In fact, they had given me a strong opiate. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The stimulant changed into an opiate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He is enjoined to silence and to rest, and they have given him some opiate to lull his pain, for his old enemy is very hard with him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I left her, and soon heard that she slept soundly under the influence of the opiate I had administered. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Susanna