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Hypnotic

Hyp-nŏt'ic, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. ὑπνωτικός, inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, from ὑπνοῦν, to lull to sleep, from ὕπνος, sleep; Fr. hypnotique.]

  1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
  2. Characterized by unnatural or morbid sleep.

Hyp-nōt'ic, n.

noun

n. A medicine that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific.