soporiferous

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His suggestion that the soporiferous medicines are likest to do it means that he thinks the delusions of witches subjective and produced by drugs.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace

"Item, on the said day, in the evening, a julep, hepatic, soporiferous, and somniferous, intended to promote the sleep of Mr. Argan, thirty-five sous."

From The Imaginary Invalid by Wall, Charles Heron

At last the soporiferous fume of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

The doctor, having felt his pulse and examined his wounds, declared him much better, which he imputed to that sanative soporiferous draught, a medicine "whose virtues," he said, "were never to be sufficiently extolled."

From Joseph Andrews Vol 1 by Fielding, Henry

"Whence I conclude," said Fritz, addressing himself, "that my orations must be somewhat soporiferous."

From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul