sopite

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English

Etymology

Latin sopitus, past participle of sopire (to put to sleep).

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Verb

sopite (third-person singular simple present sopites, present participle sopiting, simple past and past participle sopited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To put to sleep, or to quieten.
    • 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since:
      ... Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to ... Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; , London: Iohn Williams , →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
      The king's declaration for the sopiting of all Arminian heresies.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

sopite

  1. inflection of sopire:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

sopite f pl

  1. feminine plural of sopito

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Latin

Participle

sōpīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of sōpītus

Portuguese

Verb

sopite

  1. inflection of sopitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative