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som⋅nif⋅er⋅ous

  [som-nif-er-uhs, suhm-]
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–adjective
bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L somnifer inducing sleep (somni-, comb. form of somnus sleep + -fer -fer ) + -ous

Related forms:
som⋅nif⋅er⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
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som·nif·er·ous   (sŏm-nĭf'ər-əs)   
adj.  Inducing sleep; soporific.
som·nif'er·ous·ly adv.
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Somniferous

Som*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. somnifer; somnus sleep + ferre to bring.] Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion. --Walton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: som·nif·er·ous
Pronunciation: säm-'nif-(&-)r&s
Function: adjective
: SOPORIFIC
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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somniferous som·nif·er·ous (sŏm-nĭf'ər-əs)
adj.
Inducing sleep; soporific.

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