Word
Opiate
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
o-pi-ate
Definition
- n. - Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup,
prepared with opium.
- n. - Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of
inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
- n. - Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets
uneasiness.
- a. - Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne;
causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.
- v. t. - To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to
sleep.
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