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Soporific
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.
Synonyms: Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.