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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a drug that induces sleep;
[syn: soporific, hypnotic]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to hypnosis;

2. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell;
- Example: "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"
- Example: "she had a warm mesmeric charm"
- Example: "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"
- Example: "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
[syn: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, a. [Gr. ? inclined to sleep, putting to
   sleep, fr. ? to lull to sleep, fr. ? sleep; akin to L.
   somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]
   1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce
      sleep; soporific.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism;
      liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, n.
   1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an
      opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to,
      hypnotism.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hypnotic
    adj 1: of or relating to hypnosis
    2: attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the
       bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric
       charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a
       spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome" [syn:
       hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding]
    n 1: a drug that induces sleep [syn: soporific, hypnotic]