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Soporific
Pronunciation : Sop`o*rif"ic
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. sopor a heavy sleep (akin to somnus sleep) + facere to make. See Somnolent, Fact.]
Definition : Defn: Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.
Syn. -- Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Sop`o*rif"ic
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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