Opiate /(?)/

O·pi·ate

Opiate

n.
  1. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistency than sirup, prepared with opium.
  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.

Opiate

a.
  1. Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.

Opiate

v. t.
  1. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [R.]