† somnifyingadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Inducing sleep.
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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
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 40 He also discoursed of..hemlock, which he said was of a most venomous, somnifying, stupifying, and intoxicating quality.
1770 T. Chatterton Let. 19 June in Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 599 This somnifying liquor had made her voice so like the sweet echo of Miss Hill's, that..I should have absolutely imagined it her's.
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