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Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium.

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  1. a. Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium.
  2. n. A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.
  3. Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. Clarke. -- n. (Med.) A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.
  4. Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. Clarke.-- n. (Med.)
  5. a. Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. n. A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.