a. [ F. narcotique, Gr. narkwtiko`s, fr. narkoy^n to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor. ] (Med.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Nar*cot"ic*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. (Med.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Narcotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Nar*cot"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. narcotine. Cf. Cotarnine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to narcotine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. narcotisme. ] Narcosis; the state of being narcotized. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Narcotized p. pr. & vb. n. Narcotizing ] To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. under the influence of narcotics.
Syn. -- doped, drugged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Inducing stupor or narcosis.
Syn. -- narcotic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]