Definitions for opiate
ˈoʊ pi ɪt, -ˌeɪt; ˈoʊ piˌeɪtopi·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. opiatenoun

   a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. opiatenoun

   A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.

2. opiatenoun

   Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.

3. opiateverb

   To treat with an opiate drug.

4. opiateadjective

   Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.

5. opiateadjective

   Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.

6. opiateadjective

   Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Opiateadjective

   Soporiferous; somniferous; narcotick; causing sleep.

   The particular ingredients of those magical ointments, are opiate and soporiferous. For anointing of the forehead and back bone, is used for procuring dead sleeps. Francis Bacon.

   All their shape
   Spangled with eyes, more num’rous than those
   Of Argus, and more wakeful than to drouze,
   Charm’d with Arcadian pipe, the past’ral reed
   Of Hermes, or his opiate rod. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Lettuce, which has a milky juice with an anodyne or opiate quality resolvent of the bile, is proper for melancholy. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

2. Opiatenoun

   A medicine that causes sleep.

   They chose atheism as an opiate, to still those frightning apprehensions of hell, by inducing a dulness and lethargy of mind, rather than to make use of that native and salutary medicine, a hearty repentance. Richard Bentley, Serm.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Opiate

   An opiate, in classical pharmacology, is a substance derived from opium. In more modern usage, the term opioid is used to designate all substances, both natural and synthetic, that bind to opioid receptors in the brain (including antagonists). Opiates are alkaloid compounds naturally found in the opium poppy plant Papaver somniferum. The psychoactive compounds found in the opium plant include morphine, codeine, and thebaine. Opiates have long been used for a variety of medical conditions with evidence of opiate trade and use for pain relief as early as the eighth century AD. Opiates are considered drugs with moderate to high abuse potential and are listed on various "Substance-Control Schedules" under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act of the United States of America. In 2014, between 13 and 20 million people used opiates recreationally (0.3% to 0.4% of the global population between the ages of 15 and 65). According to the CDC, from this population, there were 47,000 deaths, with a total of 500,000 deaths from 2000 to 2014. In 2016, the World Health Organization reported that 27 million people suffer from opioid use disorder. They also reported that in 2015, 450,000 people died as a result of drug use, with between a third and a half of that number being attributed to opioids.

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1. opiate

   An opiate is a drug derived from or related to opium, a substance obtained from the unripe seeds of the opium poppy. It is typically used to alleviate pain or induce sleep. Opiates include natural substances like morphine and codeine, as well as semi-synthetic or synthetic drugs such as heroin and fentanyl. Opiates can be highly addictive and are subject to misuse and addiction.

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1. Opiate

   In medicine, the term opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant, Papaver somniferum.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Opiate

   ō′pi-āt, n. a drug containing opium to induce sleep: that which dulls sensation, physical or mental.—adj. inducing sleep.—adj. O′piated.

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1. • Narcotic

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of opiate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of opiate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of opiate in a Sentence

1. Thomas Frieden:

   There are lots of people who have not yet gotten an opiate and we need to protect them from the risk of getting addicted.

2. Elizabeth Drew:

   In practice, we see soccer moms, we see professionals, we see teachers, we see young college students and high school students. Anyone can develop an addiction to an opiate.

3. Clare Boothe Luce:

   Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals -- With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.

4. Karl Marx, Urban Dictionary, under "Religion.":

   Religion is the opiate of the masses.

5. A. W. Tozer:

   The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=opiate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Opiate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=opiate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiate
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=opiate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=opiate