Definition of "opiates" []

• Plural form of opiate. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opiate. (verb)

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• "Just do what Heath Ledger did and get your opiates from a doctor."
• "Then, if these somnivolencies [I hate the word opiates on this occasion,] have turned her head, that is an effect they frequently have upon some constitutions; and in this case was rather the fault of the dose than the design of the giver."
• "Alexander’s findings — that deprived rats seek solace in opiates, while contented rats avoid them — dramatically contradict our currently held beliefs about addiction."