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Soporific

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Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep.

Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense of awareness or alertness.</P> The word 'soporific' is derived from 'sopor' meaning 'deep sleep.' The root is 'somnus,' the Latin for 'sleep' (and the name of the Roman god of sleep.)

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