Sopite, sō′pīt, v.t. to put to rest: to quash.—n. Sopi′tion, lethargy.
Soporific, sō-pō-rif′ik, adj. making or causing sleep.—n. anything that causes sleep.—adj. Soporif′erous, bringing, causing, or tending to cause sleep: sleepy.—adv. Soporif′erously.—n. Soporif′erousness.—adjs. Sō′porōse, Sō′porous, sleepy, causing sleep. [Fr. soporifique—L. sopor, sleep, facĕre, to make.]
Soppy. sop′i, adj. sopped or soaked in liquid.
Sopra, sō′pra, adv. (mus.) above. [It.]
Soprano, sō-prä′no, n. the highest variety of voice, treble: a singer with such a voice:—pl. Sopra′nos, Sopra′ni.—n. Sopra′nist, a singer of soprano. [It., from sopra—L. supra or super, above.]
Sora, sō′ra, n. a North American short-billed rail.—Also Sō′ree.
Sorage, sōr′āj, n. the time between a hawk's being taken from the aerie and her mewing her feathers. [See Sore (2).]
Sorastrum, sō-ras′trum, n. a genus of fresh-water algæ. [Gr. sōros, a heap; astron, a star.]
Sorb, sorb, n. the mountain-ash or service-tree.—ns. Sorb′-apple, the fruit of the service-tree; Sor′bāte, Sor′bin or Sor′bine, Sor′bite.—adj. Sor′bic, pertaining to, or from, the sorb. [Fr.,—L. sorbus.]
Sorb, sorb, n. one of a Slavonic race in Saxony and the neighbouring parts of Prussia.—Also Wend, or Lusatian Wend.—adj. Sor′bian, pertaining to the Sorbs or their language.—n. a Sorb, or the Sorbian tongue.—adj. and n. Sor′bish.