opiate

• (UK)
  • (adjective, noun) enPR: ōʹpē-ət, IPA^(key): /ˈəʊpi.ət/
  • (verb) enPR: ōʹpē-āt', IPA^(key): /ˈəʊpiˌeɪt/
• (US)
  • (adjective, noun) enPR: ōʹpē-ət, IPA^(key): /ˈoʊpi.ət/
  • (verb) enPR: ōʹpē-āt, IPA^(key): /ˌoʊpieɪt/

opiate (not comparable)

1. Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
2. Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
3. Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

opiate (plural opiates)

1. A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
2. Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
   • Bentley

     They chose atheism as an opiate.

• opioid

opiate (third-person singular simple present opiates, present participle opiating, simple past and past participle opiated)

1. (transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.

• codeine
• morphine
• papaverine
• thebaine

opiāte

1. vocative masculine singular of opiātus

opiate m

1. locative singular of opiatas
2. vocative singular of opiatas