About The Word Opiate
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Opiate
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What's The Definition Of Opiate?
[n] a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
Synonyms | Synonyms for Opiate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Opiate: accept | alcohol | amobarbital sodium | Amytal | Amytal pill | analgesic | anesthetic | anodyne | barb | barbiturate | barbiturate pill | believe | black stuff | blue | blue angel | blue devil | blue heaven | blue velvet | calmative | chloral hydrate | codeine | codeine cough syrup | consider | Demerol | depressant | depressor | dolly | Dolophine | dope | downer | drug | goofball | H | hard stuff | heroin | hold | hop | horse | hypnotic | judge | junk | knockout drop | knockout drops | laudanum | liquor | lotus | lullaby | Luminal | Luminal pill | M | mandrake | meperidine | methadone | Mickey Finn | morphia | morphine | narcotic | Nembutal | Nembutal pill | nightcap | opinion | opium | pacifier | pain killer | pain-killer | paregoric | pen yan | phenobarbital | phenobarbital sodium | poppy | purple heart | quietener | rainbow | red | regard | scag | secobarbital sodium | Seconal | Seconal pill | sedative | shit | sleep-bringer | sleeper | sleep-inducer | sleeping draught | sleeping pill | sleep-producer | sleepy | smack | sodium thiopental | somnifacient | somniferous | soother | soothing syrup | soporific | speculate | tar | think | tranquilizer | Tuinal | Tuinal pill | turps | view | white stuff | yellow | yellow jacket Opiate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\O"pi*ate\, a. [See {Opium}.] Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. --Milton. \O"pi*ate\, v. t. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [R.] --Fenton. |
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