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Webster 1913 Edition

Dormitive

Dor′mi-tive

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

dormitif

, fr.

dormire

to sleep.]

Causing sleep;

as, the

dormitive

properties of opium

.

Clarke.

–

Noun.

(Med.)

A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dormitive

DORMITIVE

,

Noun.

[L., to sleep.] A medicine to promote sleep; an opiate.