Opiate

1. v. t. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
2. n. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.
3. n. Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
4. n. Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.
5. a. Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.