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soporific (adjective), more soporific, most soporific
1. A reference to an agent or situation that causes a person or people to slumber: The politician's soporific speech put many of the those in the auditorium to sleep.
2. Of the nature of, characterized by, or belonging to sleep or sleepiness: Karon's mother complained that the soporific weather was making her feel sluggish and apathetic.
3. Etymology: from Latin sopor, "sleep" + -ific, from -ficus, from facere, "to do, to make".
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2. Of the nature of, characterized by, or belonging to sleep or sleepiness: Karon's mother complained that the soporific weather was making her feel sluggish and apathetic.
3. Etymology: from Latin sopor, "sleep" + -ific, from -ficus, from facere, "to do, to make".
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fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
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sopor-, sop-
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