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(1):

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

(2):

(n.) Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.

(3):

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

(4):

(v. t.) To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.

(5):

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