Category:Soporific

Sop`o*rif"ic, a. Etym: [l. sopor a heavy sleep (akin to somnus sleep) + facere to make. See somnolent, fact.]

Defn: causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the Soporific virtues of opium.

Syn. -- somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.

Soporific Sop`o*rif"ic, n.

Defn: a medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of Inducing sleep; a narcotic.