soporific

a. துயிலுட்டுகிற.

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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. Sop`o*rif"ic, n. Defn: A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.