Definition of "quietive" []

• That which has the property of inducing quiet or calm, as a sedative medicine. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "For every sort of pleasure is never anything more than the quietive of some need or longing; and that pleasure should come to an end as soon as the need ceases, is no more a subject of complaint than that a man cannot go on eating after he has had his dinner, or fall asleep again after a good night’s rest."