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"Opiate" Definition

noun

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.
Any of various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.
Something that dulls the senses and induces relaxation or torpor.
A drug (as morphine or codeine) containing or derived from opium and tending to induce sleep and alleviate pain.
Something that induces rest or inaction or quiets uneasiness.

adjective

Causing dullness or apathy; deadening.
Containing opium or any of its derivatives.
Inducing sleep or sedation; soporific.
Resembling opium or its derivatives in activity.
Containing or mixed with opium.

verb-transitive

To dull or deaden as if with a narcotic drug.
To subject to the action of an opiate.