—adj.
1 containing opium.
2 narcotic, soporific.
—n.
1 a drug containing opium, usu. to ease pain or induce sleep.
2 a thing which soothes or stupefies.
—v.tr.
1 mix with opium.
2 stupefy.
Etymology: med.L opiatus, -um, opiare f. L opium: see OPIUM
Useful english dictionary. 2012.