Definition for SOP-O-RIF'ER-OUS

SOP-O-RIF'ER-OUS, a. [L. soporifer; sopor, sleep, and fero, to bring; from sopio, to lull to sleep; Sans. swapa, sleep. Sopio agrees in elements with sober.]

Causing sleep, or tending to produce it; somniferous. The poppy possesses soporiferous qualities.

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