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Hypnotic
Pronunciation : Hyp*not"ic
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Gr. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]
Definition : 1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Hyp*not"ic
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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