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opiate

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o·pi·ate  (p-t, -t)
n.
1. Any of various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.
2. A drug, hormone, or other chemical substance having sedative or narcotic effects similar to those containing opium or its derivatives: a natural brain opiate. Also called opioid.
3. Something that dulls the senses and induces relaxation or torpor.
adj.
1.
a. Containing opium or any of its derivatives.
b. Resembling opium or its derivatives in activity.
2. Inducing sleep or sedation; soporific.
3. Causing dullness or apathy; deadening.
tr.v. (-t) o·pi·at·ed, o·pi·at·ing, o·pi·ates
1. To subject to the action of an opiate.
2. To dull or deaden as if with a narcotic drug.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin opitum, from Latin opium, opium; see opium.]

opiate
n [ˈəʊpɪɪt]
1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) any of various narcotic drugs, such as morphine and heroin, that act on opioid receptors
2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) any other narcotic or sedative drug
3. something that soothes, deadens, or induces sleep
adj [ˈəʊpɪɪt]
1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) containing or consisting of opium
2. inducing relaxation; soporific
vb [ˈəʊpɪˌeɪt] (tr) Rare
1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) to treat with an opiate
2. to dull or deaden
[from Medieval Latin opiātus; from Latin opium poppy juice, opium]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.opiate - a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
codeine - derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain)
Fentanyl, Sublimaze - trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug
diacetylmorphine, heroin - a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush
laudanum, tincture of opium - narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
morphia, morphine - an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
narcotic - a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
opium - an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy

opiate
noun narcotic, drug, downer (slang), painkiller, sedative, tranquillizer, bromide, anodyne, analgesic, soporific, pacifier, nepenthe She had to take opiates to control the pain.
Translations
opiate [ˈəʊpɪɪt] Nopiata f

opiate [ˈəʊpiət] n (= drug) → opiacé m

opiate
nOpiat nt; (fig)Beruhigungsmittel nt
adjopiumhaltig

opiate [ˈəʊpɪɪt] noppiaceo
opiate [ˈəʊpɪɪt] noppiaceo

opiate opium


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An opiate vapour, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain top.
The reader will perhaps imagine the sensations which now arose in Jones to have been so sweet and delicious, that they would rather tend to produce a chearful serenity in the mind, than any of those dangerous effects which we have mentioned; but in fact, sensations of this kind, however delicious, are, at their first recognition, of a very tumultuous nature, and have very little of the opiate in them.
Such sleep as that, brought on without an opiate, would be worth more to me than half my income; for it would suppose health and an untroubled mind.
 
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