| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium.[Websters]
2. Being soporific, narcotic or hypnotic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dormitively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (dormitively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dormitive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DORMITIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Dormitive \Dor"mi*tive\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression dormitif, from dormire to sleep.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DORMITIVE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A medicine to promote sleep; an opiate. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
