dormitiveadj.n.
A. adj.† 2. Sleeping through the winter. Obsolete. rare.
1. Causing sleep; soporific.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep
sleepingc1369
sleepy1398
lullingc1440
somnolentc1475
sleepery1513
sleeprife1513
narcotic1526
opiate1543
breed-sleep1582
somnoriferous1583
drowsy1590
dormitive1593
soporiferous1601
somniferous1602
sleep-bringing1605
dormitary1609
hypnotic1625
dormitory1631
papaverous1646
dormant1654
hypnotical1657
somnifyinga1661
sleepifying1662
slumberous1667
soporific1690
somnific1721
somniculous1820
somnorific1865
soporous1866
drowsing1881
narcoleptic1984
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 80 b Dormatiue potions, to procure deadly sleepe.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 338 Dormitive or Sleepifying.
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 366 Accounting for opium making people sleep by its possession of a dormitive virtue.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > hibernating
latitant1646
dormitive1694
dormant1772
hibernant1836
hibernating1836
1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 241 In Snakes, in Dormice..and in other Dormitive Creatures.
B. n.
A soporific medicine; a narcotic.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > narcotic
narcoticc1385
opiec1385
opiate?a1425
dormitary1547
mandragora1605
dormitive1619
nepenthe1728
opiatic1847
sleep-stuff1880
chemical1954
fentanyl1963
1619 T. Lushington Repetit. Serm. in Phenix (1708) II. 490 His Presence gave them a strong Dormitive, it wrought beyond Sleep.
1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 59 But for Couslip-Wine, Poppy-Water and all Dormitives.
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