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.
O"pi*a`ted (?), a. 1. Mixed with opiates.