vt to subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
2. opiate ·noun anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.
3. opiate ·noun originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.
4. opiate ·noun any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
5. opiate ·adj inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of hermes.