Definition of Opiate

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Opiate

Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.

Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.

Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.

Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.

To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.

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Opiate Quotations

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.
Henry Miller

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
Eric Hoffer

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
Erica Jong

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.
Russell Baker

Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
Adam Jones

Opiate Translations

opiate in Dutch is opiaat

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