Hyp*not"ic (?), a. [Gr. inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. to lull to sleep, fr. sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]

1.

Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

2.

Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

 

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Hyp*not"ic, n.

1.

Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

2.

A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

 

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