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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Soporific

· Sop·o·rif·ic · IPA /ˌsɑp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
01 a. Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.
  1. 1.
    Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.
Syn. Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.
02 n. A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.
  1. 1.
    A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.