Obs. rare. [ad. late L. sopōrātiōn-em, noun of action f. sopōrāre.] A putting or lulling to sleep.

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a. 1500[?].  Creacion of Eve, 12, in Non-Cycle Myst. Plays (1909), 8. To assyst us … A slepe in to man be soporacion to sende.

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1658.  in Phillips.

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