Soporific
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sop·o·rif·ic 
[sop-uh-rif-ik, soh-puh-] Pronunciation Key
[sop-uh-rif-ik, soh-puh-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | causing or tending to cause sleep. |
| 2. | pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy. |
| 3. | something that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug. |
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| sop·o·rif·ic
(sŏp'ə-rĭf'ĭk, sō'pə-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n. A drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic. |
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soporific
soporific
1690, from Fr. soporifique (1687), formed in Fr. from L. sopor (gen. soporis) "deep sleep," from a causative form of the PIE base *swep- "to sleep" (see somnolence).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| soporific | |
adjective | |
| 1. | sleep inducing |
| 2. | inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" [syn: narcotic] |
noun | |
| 1. | a drug that induces sleep |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Soporific
Som"no*lent\, a. [F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from somnus sleep, akin to Gr. ?, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf. Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific.] Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- Som"no*lent*ly, adv. He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Soporific
Sop`o*rif"ic\ (?; 277), a. [L. sopor a heavy sleep (akin to somnus sleep) + facere to make. See Somnolent, Fact.] Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium. Syn: Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.
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