different between optate vs opiate
optate
English
Etymology
From Latin optatus, past participle of optare.
Verb
optate (third-person singular simple present optates, present participle optating, simple past and past participle optated)
- (obsolete) To choose; to wish for; to desire.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cotgrave to this entry?)
Anagrams
- Poteat, aptote, teapot
Italian
Verb
optate
- second-person plural present indicative of optare
- second-person plural imperative of optare
- feminine plural of optato
Anagrams
- potate
Latin
Participle
opt?te
- vocative masculine singular of opt?tus
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opiate
English
Etymology
From Middle English opiate, from Medieval Latin opi?tus.
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- (adjective, noun) enPR: ??p?-?t, IPA(key): /???pi.?t/
- (verb) enPR: ??p?-?t', IPA(key): /???pi?e?t/
- (US)
- (adjective, noun) enPR: ??p?-?t, IPA(key): /?o?pi.?t/
- (verb) enPR: ??p?-?t, IPA(key): /?o?pie?t/
Adjective
opiate (not comparable)
- Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
- (pharmacology) Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
- Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.
Noun
opiate (plural opiates)
- (pharmacology) A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
- Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
- They chose atheism as an opiate.
Hypernyms
- opioid
Translations
Verb
opiate (third-person singular simple present opiates, present participle opiating, simple past and past participle opiated)
- (transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.
See also
- codeine
- morphine
- papaverine
- thebaine
Latin
Adjective
opi?te
- vocative masculine singular of opi?tus
Lithuanian
Noun
opiate m
- locative singular of opiatas
- vocative singular of opiatas
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