sopiteadj.
/səʊˈpʌɪt/ rare.1784 Irvine Presbyterian Records in Dobie Mem. W. Wilson of Crummock (1896) 57 [Mr. Gemmel craved his wife might be absolved from her scandal,] seeing it is of ane old date and almost sopite.1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 293 Loveliest flowers, whose seeds long summers there Lay sunless and sopite.1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iv. vi. 153 But when, cut off from sense, in sleep sopite, The soul..takes her own instruments.
Put to rest or sleep; settled.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > put to sleep
soporated1684
sopite1877
c1460 Reg. Oseney (1907) 205 All playntys and stryfys..bitwene the foresaide parties..for ever frendely ben i-cesyd or sospite [sic].
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sopitev.
/səʊˈpʌɪt/ Now rare.
1. transitive. To put or lull to sleep; to render drowsy, dull, or inactive. Also transferred (with reference to the mental or moral faculties).
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (transitive)] > put to or cause to sleep > induce or lull to sleep
lullc1386
wrap1399
sopite1542
to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleep1594
soporate1623
belull1631
consopite1647
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth ix. sig. E.iii Dyuers tymes some be so sopytyd, yt the malt worme playeth the deuyll so fast in the heade [etc.].
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sopited, laid to sleep, being at rest.
1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xxii. 105 You may demonstrate that an animal sleeps because the common sense is sopited or drown'd by vapours.
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 11 These Natural Powers may be sopited,..as we see they are in sound Sleep.
1864 A. Leighton Myst. Legends Edinb. (1886) 203 They could not be heard by reason of their having been ‘clean gane’, or at least sopited in sweet slumber.
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 58 His knowing faculty was blinded and sopited, dosed and drugged by his passions.
2. To put an end to, to settle (a dispute, question, etc.) in some way. Also, to pass over or suppress (something discreditable).
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > settle, arbitrate [verb (transitive)]
redeOE
to-dealc1275
deraignc1330
determinec1380
award1393
decidec1400
decise?a1425
decernc1425
discernc1425
arbitrea1513
deema1513
moder1534
resolve1586
divide1596
arbitrate1597
fit1600
moderate1602
umpire1609
sopite1628
appointa1631
determinate1647
issue1650
settle1651
to cut the melon1911
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > settle (a dispute)
peasec1330
reconcilea1393
compone1523
compromit1537
compound1546
atone1555
to take up1560
compose1570
gree1570
accommodate1609
concoct1620
even1620
sopite1628
to make up1699
liquidate1765
resolve1875
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > cover up
smother1579
to shuffle up1588
smother1589
smooth1592
smooth1592
slobber1630
to hush up1632
slubber1646
smooth1684
sopite1746
shade1785
smug1857
hugger-mugger1862
to cover up1926
1628 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 451 On Friday last there was a meeting of the bishops..about sopiting, as they term it, the controversies of this present time.
1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 49 Being loath to enlarge on so odious a difference, sopited in good measure.
1722 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 675 It grieves me to hear that the differences betwixt Subscribers and Non-subscribers are, after they seemed to be sopited, breaking out again.
1746 G. Turnbull tr. Justin xii. xiii Certainly there was treason in the case, the infamy of which was sopited by his successors.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 34 If such a union would sopite the heavier part of his unadjusted claims.
1859 A. Alison Hist. Europe from Fall of Napoleon VIII. 14 If any disputes did occur, they were in general sopited by a bribe to the mandarins.
Derivatives
ˈsopited adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective]
privya1398
palliate?a1425
beguiled1561
masked1567
covert1574
retired1596
remote1601
palliated1612
unsuspected1620
lapped1637
sopited1646
veiled1651
perdua1734
ulterior1735
screened1844
marzipanned1979
1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 139 Among many more exploded and sopited errors.
ˈsopiting n.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes
reckoning1488
composing1574
compounding1601
atonement1605
composure1640
compositiona1654
sopiting1659
resolution1890
alternative dispute resolution1980
1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 23 A conference should shortly be had for the sopiting and quieting of those disputes.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 83 The sopiting of a very dangerous claim.
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