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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. [GREEK] to lull to sleep, fr. [GREEK] sleep; akin to L.

somnus

, and E.

somnolent

: cf. F.

hypnotique

Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism;

as, a

hypnotic

condition

Noun.

Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Adj.

[Gr. sleep.] Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; narcotic; soporific.

Noun.

A medicine that produces, or tends to produce sleep; an opiate; a narcotic; a soporific.