·vt To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
II. Opiate ·noun Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.
III. Opiate ·noun Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.
IV. Opiate ·noun Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
V. Opiate ·adj Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.