† ˈsoporate, v. Obs.
[f. L. sopōrāt-, ppl. stem of sopōrāre to put asleep, lull, stupefy, etc., f. sopor sleep.]
trans. To put to sleep; to dull, stupefy.
| 1623 Cockeram i, Soporate, to bring asleepe. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 199 [Frontals] indeed are very expetible which..gently soporate the senses, and roborate the brain. 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 795 The Soul seeming not to be Thoroughly Awake here, but as it were Soporated, with the..Opiatick Vapours of this gross Body. |
Hence ˈsoporated ppl. a.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 199 And especially soporated Patients awake upon taking a Vomit. |