\O"pi*ate\, n. [From {Opium}: cf.F. opiat.]
1. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than
   sirup, prepared with opium. --Parr.
2. Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of
   inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
3. Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets
   uneasiness.
         They chose atheism as an opiate.      --Bentley.

\O"pi*ate\, a. [See {Opium}.]
Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne;
causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of
Hermes. --Milton.

\O"pi*ate\, v. t.
To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
[R.] --Fenton.