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ct of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep. [Obs.] Dementation and sopition of reason. Sir T. Browne.

Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.

To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. "Soporiferous medicine." Swift. --- Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness, n.

Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.

Causing sleep; sleepy.

One who sops. Johnson.

more recent version of soppy. Used esp. in phrase sopping wet.

rated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy. It [Yarmouth] looked rather spongy and soppy. Dickens.

Above; before; over; upon.

A treble singer.

The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.

See Sops of wine, under Sop.

Of or pertaining to Æsop, or in his manner.

Same as Æsopian.

Having unequal petals.

Having unequal leaves.

A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.

Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.