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Soporific Kapil Sah Puh Riff Ik Adjective Inducing Tending Induce Sleep. 

Front soporific \sah-puh-RIFF-ik\
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adjective
1. Inducing or tending to induce sleep. 
2. Drowsy.

noun
A drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic.

[From Latin sopor, a deep sleep.]

"Indeed, Kapil will be judged as much by his effect on the team as his ability to stir the soporific BCCI." - Brrijnath, Rohit, Cricket: Can Kapil Reverse the Swing, India Today, 4 Oct 1999.

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