Definition of stupefactive in English:

stupefactive

adjectivestjuːpɪˈfaktɪv

rare

(of a drug) inducing unconsciousness or insensibility.
Example sentencesExamples
- These wines were stupefactive, because they produce forgetfulness.
- This stupefactive power of coriander seed is a newly discovered property.
- The whiskey being exhausted, the Indians retired to rest, under its stupefactive influence.
- Nurses are too apt, for their own ease, to cherish the sleepy disposition of infants, and to increase it by various things of a stupefactive quality.
- Opium and laudanum are both stimulating and stupefactive.
- In lock jaw, and in all convulsive conditions in which opium is prescribed in stupefactive doses.
Synonyms
soporific, sleep-inducing, opiate, hypnotic

nounstjuːpɪˈfaktɪv

rare

A drug which induces unconsciousness or insensibility.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such a sleep-producing stupefactive is worthy of the highest praise.
- Opium, and other strong stupefactives, do coagulate the spirit, and deprive it of the motion.
- Stupefactives induce a kind of drunkenness by the grossness of their vapour.
- While under the influence of a stupefactive or anaesthetic, the sorcerer or the person subjected to his artifices, beheld spirits or daemons.
- Many accidents have arisen from its too general use as a stupefactive for infants.
Synonyms
soporific drug, opiate, sleeping pill, soporific

词汇	stupefactive
释义	Definition of stupefactive in English: stupefactive adjectivestjuːpɪˈfaktɪv rare (of a drug) inducing unconsciousness or insensibility. Example sentencesExamples These wines were stupefactive, because they produce forgetfulness. This stupefactive power of coriander seed is a newly discovered property. The whiskey being exhausted, the Indians retired to rest, under its stupefactive influence. Nurses are too apt, for their own ease, to cherish the sleepy disposition of infants, and to increase it by various things of a stupefactive quality. Opium and laudanum are both stimulating and stupefactive. In lock jaw, and in all convulsive conditions in which opium is prescribed in stupefactive doses. Synonyms soporific, sleep-inducing, opiate, hypnotic nounstjuːpɪˈfaktɪv rare A drug which induces unconsciousness or insensibility. Example sentencesExamples Such a sleep-producing stupefactive is worthy of the highest praise. Opium, and other strong stupefactives, do coagulate the spirit, and deprive it of the motion. Stupefactives induce a kind of drunkenness by the grossness of their vapour. While under the influence of a stupefactive or anaesthetic, the sorcerer or the person subjected to his artifices, beheld spirits or daemons. Many accidents have arisen from its too general use as a stupefactive for infants. Synonyms soporific drug, opiate, sleeping pill, soporific
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