SOPORIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin soporifer; sopor, asleep, and fero, to bring; from sopio, to lull to sleep.] Causing sleep, or tending to produce it; narcotic; opiate; anodyne; somniferous. The poppy pssesses soporiferous qualities.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.