† ˈsopit, pa. pple. Sc. Obs.
Also sopeit.
[app. ad. L. sōpīt-us, pa. pple. of sōpīre sopite v., but see also sowp v.]
Rendered dull or sluggish; sunk in sleep, sorrow, etc.
| 1528 Lyndesay Dreme 998 My hart was wounder sarye, Quhen comoun weill so sopit was in sorrow. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 228 The Britis all..War sopit so with sensualitie, With gluttony and lichorus appetyte. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 68, I beand in this sad solitar soune sopit in sleipe. Ibid. vii. 68 In my dullit dreyme ande sopit visione. |