opiated

Variant of opiate

noun

  1. any drug containing opium or any of its derivatives, and acting as a sedative and narcotic
  2. anything tending to quiet, soothe, or deaden

Origin: ML opiatum: see opium

adjective

  1. containing opium
  2. bringing sleep, quiet, or ease; narcotic

transitive verb opiated, opiating

  1. Rare to treat with an opiate
  2. to dull; deaden
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