soporiferous

  • 11soporiferous — adjective 1. sleep inducing • Syn: ↑soporific, ↑somniferous, ↑somnific, ↑hypnogogic, ↑hypnagogic • Similar to: ↑depressant • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 12Soporiferously — Soporiferous Sop o*rif er*ous, a. [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy sleep + ferere to bring.] Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. Soporiferous medicine. Swift. [1913 Webster] {Sop o*rif er*ous*ly}, adv. {Sop o*rif er*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13Soporiferousness — Soporiferous Sop o*rif er*ous, a. [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy sleep + ferere to bring.] Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. Soporiferous medicine. Swift. [1913 Webster] {Sop o*rif er*ous*ly}, adv. {Sop o*rif er*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Sleepier — Sleepy Sleep y, a. [Compar. {Sleepier}; superl. {Sleepiest}.] [AS. sl?pig. See {Sleep}, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. [1913 Webster] She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending to induce sleep;… …

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  • 15Sleepiest — Sleepy Sleep y, a. [Compar. {Sleepier}; superl. {Sleepiest}.] [AS. sl?pig. See {Sleep}, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. [1913 Webster] She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending to induce sleep;… …

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  • 16Sleepy — Sleep y, a. [Compar. {Sleepier}; superl. {Sleepiest}.] [AS. sl?pig. See {Sleep}, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. [1913 Webster] She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous;… …

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  • 17Sleepy duck — Sleepy Sleep y, a. [Compar. {Sleepier}; superl. {Sleepiest}.] [AS. sl?pig. See {Sleep}, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. [1913 Webster] She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending to induce sleep;… …

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  • 18Slumberous — Slum ber*ous, a. 1. Inviting slumber; soporiferous. Pensive in the slumberous shade. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy. [1913 Webster] His quiet and almost slumberous countenance. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19Soporific — 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Somniferous;… …

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  • 20soporiferously — See soporiferous. * * * …

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