About The Word Soporific
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Soporific
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Soporific: 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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