Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Sophora

So‐pho″ra (?), n. [Ar. �ufair.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of leguminous plants. (b) A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the...

7265

Sophta

Soph″ta (?), n. See Softa.

7266

Sopite

So″pite (?), v. t. [L. sopitus, p. p. of sopire to put to sleep; akin to sopor a sleeping draught, a heavy sleep.] To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet.The king's declaratio...

7267

Sopition

So‐pi″tion (?), n. The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep.Dementation and sopition of reason. Sir T. Browne.

7268

Sopor

‖So″por (?), n.(Med.) Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.

7269

Soporate

Sop″o‐rate (?), v. t. [L. soporatus, p. p. or soporare to put to sleep, fr. sopor a heavy sleep.] To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy. Cudworth.

7270

Soporiferous

Sop′o‐rif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy sleep + ferere to bring.] Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. “Soporiferous medicine.” Swift.— Sop′o‐rif″er‐ous‐ly, adv....

7271

Soporific

Sop′o‐rif″ic (?; 277), a. [L. sopor a heavy sleep (akin to somnus sleep) + facere to make. See Somnolent, Fact.] Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the sop...

7272

Soporific (2)

Sop′o‐rif″ic, n. A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.

7273

Soporose

{ Sop″o‐rose′ (?), Sop″o‐rous (?) }, a. [From Sopor; cf. L. soporus, fr. sopor a heavy sleep; F. soporeux.] Causing sleep; sleepy.

7274

Sopper

Sop″per (?), n. One who sops. Johnson.

7275

Soppy

Sop″py (?), a. Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.It looked rather spongy and soppy. Dickens.

7276

Sopra

‖So″pra (?), adv. [It., from L. supra above.] (Mus.) Above; before; over; upon.

7277

Sopranist

So‐pra″nist (?), n.(Mus.) A treble singer.

7278

Soprano

So‐pra″no (?), n.; pl. E. Sopranos (#), It. Soprani (#). [It., fr. soprano superior, highest, fr. sopra above, L. supra. See Sovereign.] (Mus.) (a) The treble; the highest vocal...

7279

Sopsavine

Sops″a‐vine (?), n. See Sops of wine, under Sop.

7280

Sora

So″ra (?), n.(Zoöl.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head a...

7281

Sorance

Sor″ance (? or?), n. Soreness.

7282

Sorb

Sorb (?), n.[L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See Service tree.] (Bot.) (a) The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree. (b) The ...

7283

Sorbate

Sor″bate (?), n. [Cf. F. sorbate. See Sorbic.] (Chem.) A salt of sorbic acid.

7284

Sorbefacient

Sor′be‐fa″cient (?), a. [L. sorbere to suck in, absorb + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make.] (Med.) Producing absorption. — n. A medicine or substance which produces absorption.

7285

Sorbent

Sorb″ent (?), n. [L. sorbens, p. pr. of sorbere to suck in, to absorb.] An absorbent.

7286

Sorbet

Sor″bet (?), n. [F. sorbet or It. sorbetto or Sp. sorbete, from the same source as E. sherbet. See Sherbet.] A kind of beverage; sherbet. Smolett.

7287

Sorbic

Sor″bic (?), a. [Cf. F. sorbique. See Sorb.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C�H�CO�H, of the acetylene seri...

7288

Sorbile

Sor″bile (?), a. [L. sorbilis, fr. sorbere to suck in, to drink down.] Fit to be drunk or sipped.

7289

Sorbin

Sor″bin (?), n.(Chem.) An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance;...

7290

Sorbite

Sor″bite (?), n. [L. sorbus service tree.] (Chem.) A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as ...