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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DORMITIVE

n.[L., to sleep. ] A medicine to promote sleep; an opiate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DORMITIVE

Dor "mi *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dormitif, fr. dormire to sleep. ]

 

Defn: Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. Clarke. -- n. (Med. )

 

Defn: A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.