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Soporific

Soporific Meaning & Definition
Soporific Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Soporific?

[n] a drug that induces sleep
[adj] inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"
[adj] sleep inducing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Soporific: depressant | hypnagogic | hypnogogic | hypnotic | narcotic | somniferous | somnific | soporiferous | uninteresting

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See Also | drug | hypnagogue | narcoleptic | sleeping capsule | sleeping draught | sleeping pill | sleeping tablet

Soporific In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Sop`o*rif"ic\, n. A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.

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