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SOPORIFIC

\sˌɒpɔːɹˈɪfɪk], \sˌɒpɔːɹˈɪfɪk], \s_ˌɒ_p_ɔː_ɹ_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of SOPORIFIC

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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sleep inducing
inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

sleep inducing
inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Causing, or tending to induce, sleep.
A medicine, drug, plant, etc., that causes sleep.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Medicine causing sleep.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Making or causing sleep.
Anything that causes sleep.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Causing or tending to produce sleep. soporiferous.
A medicine that produces deep sleep.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Producing deep sleep.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Producing sleep. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. A medicine, drug, plant that has the quality of inducing sleep.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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