sophoreæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. soph or (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot .: A tribe of Papilionaceæ. Filaments dis tinct; legume continuous; leaves pinnated, with one or several leaflets. ( Lindley .) Sō-phroş-ý-nē, subst . [Gr.=moderation, discre IMG:content-1739.png:[blocks in formation] *sop'-ite, v . t . to put to sleep.] rost; to lull. 3763 Sorbonist [Lat. sopitus , pa. par. of sopio = sor-be-fa-ci-ent (c as sh), a. & s. [Lat. sorbeo To lay asleep; to put to sleep or = to absorb, and faciens , pr. par. of facio =to make.] "Our natural powers are tied down, sopited , and fettered."-Cheyne: Philosophical Conjectures. *sō-pi-tion, s. [SOPITE.] The act of putting to sleep or rest; sleep, slumber, dormancy. "Dement at i on and sopition of reason."-Browne. *sō-por, s . [Lat.] A deep sleep from which one can with difficulty be awakened. "To awaken the Christian world out of this deep sopor or lethargy."-Dr. H. More: Mystery of Iniquity, pt. ii. (Pref.) *sō-põr-āte, v . t . [Lat. sopor at us , pa. par. of soporo=to put to sleep; sopor =sleep.] To put to sleep. "The soul seeming not to be thoroughly awake here, but, as it were, soporated with the dull steams and opiatick vapors of this gro body."- Cudworth : Intell. System, p. 795. †sō-por-if-er-oŭs, adj . [Lat. so porifer , from sopor =sleep, and fero to bring; Eng. adj. suff. -ous.] Causing or tending to cause sleep; soporific, somniferous. "It is more soporiferous than opium."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. xxi., ch. xxx i. sō-por-if-er-oŭs-lý, adv. [ Eng.soporiferous: -ly.] In a soporiferous manner; so as to produce sleep. sō-por-if-er-oŭs-ne , s . [Eng. soporiferous : -ne .] The quality or state of being soporiferous. ificus , from sopor sleep, and facio to make, to sō-por-if-ic, a . & s. [As if from a Lat. sopor cause.] A. As adj.: Causing or tending to cause sleep; soporiferous. "The clear harangue, and cold as it is clear, Falls soporific on the listle ear." Cowper: Progre of Error, 20. B. As subst.: A medicine, drug, preparation, or plant that has the property or quality of producing sleep; a narcotic. sō-põr-oŭs, sō-põr-ōse, adj . [Lat. sopor us , from sopor sleep.] Causing sleep; sleepy. "In soporous diseases it is commonly an uncertain and ineffectual remedy." -Green hill: Art of Embalming . sõp-per, s. [Eng. sop, v.; -er.] One who sops or dips in liquor something to be eaten. sop-pỹ, a. [Eng.sop; -y.] Sopped or soaked in liquor; saturated; very wet or sloppy. sō'-prą, adv . [Ital., from Lat. supra =above.] Music: A term used to denote the upper or higher part, as Di sopra , above; Come sopra, as above or before; Nella parte di sopra , in the upper or higher part; Con trap punto sopra il sog get to , counterpoint over the subject. so-pra-nist, 8. [SOPRANO.] Music : A soprano or treble singer. so-pra-nō ( pl . so-pra-nî, so-pra-nôş), subst. [Ital. sovereign, supreme, treble, from Low Lat. super an us sovereign (q. v.); Ger. sopran .] Music : IMG:content-1740.png:[blocks in formation] "Nay, this removing and replanting of them is the proper cure of many so rances." -P. Holland: Pliny , bk. xix., ch. xii. sorb, s. [Fr. sorbe, from Lat. sorbus.] Bot.: (1) The Service-tree; (2) the Wild Service tree. [SERVICE-TREE.] sorb-apple, s. The fruit of the Sorb or Service tree.