sopite

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/səˈpaɪt/

verb

To put to sleep, or to quieten.

OriginLatin sopitus →
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Meanings

verbsopite (third-person singular simple present sopites, present participle sopiting, simple past and past participle sopited)

present singular third person sopites · participle present sopiting · participle past sopited · past sopited

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo put to sleep, or to quieten.

    The king's declaration for the sopiting of all Arminian heresies.

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
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    ... Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to ... Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.

    1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since

Origin

  1. Latinsopitus
  2. Englishsopite

From Latin sopitus, past participle of sopire (“to put to sleep”).

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Chicago

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