Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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So-phĭst'ic-al-ness, n. p. 1260The state or quality of being sophistical.So-phĭst'i-cāte, v. t. p. 1260To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert. “To sophisticate the understanding or to corrupt the feelings.” Southey. They purchase but sophisticated ware. Dryden. Syn.—To…So-phĭst'i-cate or So-phĭst'i-cā'ted, a. p. 1260Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, when only one supplied the state, Grew scarce and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.So-phĭst'i-cā'tion, n. p. 1260The act of adulterating; a counterfeiting or debasing the purity of any thing by a foreign admixture; adulteration; perversion. Boyle. Quincy.So-phist'i-cā'tor, n. p. 1260One who adulterates; one who injures the purity and genuineness of any thing by foreign admixture. Whitaker.Sōph’ist-ry, n. p. 1260The art or process of reasoning; logic. [Obs.] 2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in using a…Sōph'o-mōre, n. p. 1260One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college; one next above a Freshman. ☞ This word has generally been considered as an “American barbarism,” but was probably introduced…Sŏph'/o-môr'ie or Sŏph'/o-môr'ie-al, a. p. 1260Pertaining to, or resembling, a Sophomore; inflated in style or manner. [U. S.]Sō′pite, v. t. p. 1260To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet. [Obs.] “The king’s declaration for the sopiting of all Arminian heresies.” Fuller.So-pĭ'tion, n. p. 1260The state of being put to sleep; sleep; slumber. [Obs.] “Dementation and sopition of reason.” Browne.Sō'por, n. p. 1260(Med.) Profound sleep from which a person can with difficulty be roused. Dunglison.Sŏp'o-rāte, v. t. p. 1260To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy. [Obs.]Sŏp'ō-rĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1260Causing sleep, or tending to produce it; somniferous; soporific. Syn. — Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.Sŏp'o-rĭf'er-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1260In a soporiferous manner; so as to produce sleep.Sŏp/o-rĭf'er-oŭs-ness, n. p. 1260The quality of being soporiferous, or of causing sleep.Sŏp'/o-rĭf'ic, a. p. 1260Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.Sŏp'o-rif'ic, n. p. 1260A medicine, drug, plant, or other thing that has the quality of inducing sleep.Sŏp'ō-rōse or Sŏp'o-rōus, a. p. 1260Causing sleep; sleepy.Sŏp'per, n. p. 1260One who sops or dips in liquor something to be eaten.Sŏp'py, a. p. 1260Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture. I was quite tired, and very glad when we saw Yarmouth. It looked rather spongy and soppy, I thought. Dickens.Sō'prā, n. p. 1260(Mus.) The upper or higher part. Moore.So-prä'nist, n. p. 1260(Mus.) A treble singer.So-prā'no, n. p. 1260(Mus.) The treble; the highest female voice.Sŏr'ance, n. p. 1260Soreness. [Obs. and rare.] Seldom or never complain they of any sorance in other parts of the body. Holland.Sôrb, n. p. 1260The European mountain-ash, or service-tree, and its fruit. See SERVICE-TREE. Sorb-apple, the fruit of the sorb, or service-tree.Sôr'bate, n. p. 1260(Chem.) A compound of malic or sorbic acid with a base. [Obs.] Ure.Sôr'be-fā'cient, n. p. 1260(Med.) A medicine which produces absorption.Sôr'be-fā'cient, a. p. 1260(Med.) Producing absorption.Sôrb'ent, n. p. 1260An absorbent. [Rare.] See ABSORBENT.Sôr'bet, n. p. 1260A kind of beverage; sherbet. Smollett.Sŏr'bĭe, a. p. 1260(Chem.) Pertaining to the sorbus, or service-tree. Sorbie acid. The same as MALIC ACID.Sôr'bile, a. p. 1260Fit to be drank or sipped. [Obs.]Sor-bĭ'tion, n. p. 1260The act of drinking or sipping. [Obs.]Sor-bŏn'ic-al, a. p. 1260Belonging to a Sorbonist. Bale.Sôr'bon-ĭst, n. p. 1260A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbonne, A.D.1250. ☞ Sorbonne is properly the name of the building, from which the theological…Sôrb'-tree, n. p. 1260The service-tree, or sorb.Sôr'cer-er, n. p. 1260A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. The Egyptian sorcerers contended with Moses. Watts.Sôr'çer-ess, n. p. 1260A female sorcerer.Sôr'çer-oŭs, a. p. 1260Pertaining to sorcery. Chapman.Sôr'çer-y, n. p. 1260Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; enchantment; witchcraft. Adder's wisdom I have learned, To fence my ears against…Sōrd, n. p. 1260The same as SWARD. [Rare.]Sôrd'a-wal-ite, n. p. 1260(Min.) A grayish or bluish-black, brittle mineral, consisting chiefly of silica, alumina, protoxide of iron, magnesia, and a small proportion of phosphoric acid and water;— so called from Sordawaala…Sôr'dē,, n. p. 1260Foul matter; excretions; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind. Coxe.Sôr'det, n. p. 1260(Mus.) A sordine.Sôr'did, a. p. 1260Filthy; foul; dirty; gross. [Obs.] There Charon stands, A sordid god. Dryden. 2. Vile; base; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. “To scorn the sordid world.” Shak. 3. Meanly avaricious; covetous…Sor-did'i-ty, n. p. 1260Sordidness. [Obs.]Sôr'did-ly, adv. p. 1260In a sordid manner; meanly; basely; covetously.Sôr'did-ness, n. p. 1260The state of being sordid; filthiness; baseness; meanness; niggardliness.Sôr'dine, n. p. 1260(Mus.) A small instrument or damper in the mouth of a trumpet, or on the bridge of a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, to make the sound fainter.Sōre, n. p. 1260A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful. The glutton's dogs licked his sores. Shak. 2. An ulcer, a boil. 3. Hence, grief; affliction…Sōre, a. p. 1260Tender and susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful. 2. Tender, as the mind; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. Malice and hatred are very fretting, and apt…Sōre, adv. p. 1260In a sore manner; with pain; grievously. Thy hand presseth me sore. Com. Prayer. 2. Greatly; violently; deeply. Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. Dryden.Sōre, v. t. p. 1260To make sore; to wound. [Obs.] “As it had not been sored.” Spenser.Sōre, n. p. 1260A hawk of the first year. Spenser. 2. A buck of the fourth year. Shak.Sôr'e-dif'er-oûs, a. p. 1260(Bot.) Bearing soredia.So-rē'di-ūm, n. p. 1260(Bot.) A patch of granular bodies onSōre'hon, n. p. 1260Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously, whenever he wished to indulge himself in a debauch;—called, in Scotland, sorn.…Sŏr'el, n. p. 1260A buck of the third year. [Rare.] Shak. 2. A yellowish or reddish-brown color; sorrel.Sôre'ly, adv. p. 1260In a sore manner; grievously; greatly; as, to be sorely pained or afflicted.Sôre'ness, n. p. 1260The state of being sore; tenderness; painfulness; as, the soreness of a boil, an abscess, or wound.