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opiate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • ōʹpē-ət
  • /ˈoʊpi.ət/
  • /ˈəʊpi.ət/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English opiate, from Medieval Latin opiātus.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
  2. (not-comparable) Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
  3. (not-comparable) Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

opiate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • ōʹpē-ət
  • /ˈoʊpi.ət/
  • /ˈəʊpi.ət/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English opiate, from Medieval Latin opiātus.

Meanings

  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.
    • They chose atheism as an opiate. 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
    • The music—the fragrance of the flowers, whose odour was exhaling in the now falling dew—the languor of recent exertion—the sense of past dangers and present security—operated on Beatrice like the first and delicious stage of an opiate. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 230:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
opiates Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

opiatic · opiatelike · utopiate · antiopiate

Hypernyms

opioid

Synonyms

opium

Translations (42)

nn opiat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · eo opiaĵo (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · cmn 鴉片製劑 /鸦片制剂 (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · oc opiacèu (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · gv cadleenag (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · nb opiat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · uk опіат (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · hy օպիատներ (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · bg опиат (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · ka ოპიატე (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · fi opiaatti (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · sv opiat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · de Opiat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · mi whakaporehu māori (Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.) · ar أَفْيُونِيّ (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · ko 아편제 (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · pt opiáceo (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · ru опиа́т (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · nl opiaat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · ro opiaceu (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · cs opiát (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · sl opiat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · lt opiatas (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · th โอปิแอต (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · it oppiato (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · es opiato (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · eu opiazeo (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · ja オピエート (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · ca opiaci (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · is ópíöt (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · es opiáceo (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · el οπιοειδές (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · hu ópiát (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · id madat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · fr opiacé (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · cy opiad (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · da opiat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · it oppiaceo (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · el οπιούχο (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · sh опѝја̄т (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · tr opiat (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium) · sh opìjāt (drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium)

opiate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈəʊpiˌeɪt/
  • /ˈoʊpiˌeɪt/
  • ōʹpē-āt
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • ōʹpē-āt'
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English opiate, from Medieval Latin opiātus.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
opiating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
opiates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
opiated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
opiated Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

morphine · thebaine · codeine · papaverine