soporific : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: soporific	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for soporific
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soporific adj sleep inducing [syn: soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic] inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" Synonym(s): narcotic, soporiferous, soporific n a drug that induces sleep Synonym(s): soporific, hypnotic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soporific \Sop`orif"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. Syn: Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soporific \Sop`o*rif"ic\, n. A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.