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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hypnotic

/hĭp-nät'-ĭk/ · Hyp·not·ic · IPA /hɪpˈnɑ.tɪk/
01 a. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
  1. 1.
    Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
  2. 2.
    Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
02 n. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
  1. 1.
    Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
  2. 2.
    A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.