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| bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences. |
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somniferous
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adj. Inducing sleep; soporific. som·nif'er·ous·ly adv. |
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| somniferous | |
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| sleep inducing [syn: soporific] |
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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. |
somniferous
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