Obs. (erron. in Dicts. consopiate.) [f. L. consōpīt- ppl. stem of consōpīre to lull to sleep, f. con- intensive + sōpīre to lull to sleep, co-radicate with sop-or deep sleep; the L. stem sop- (:—swep-) is cognate with Teut. swef- in swefen sleep, dream.] trans. To lay or lull to sleep; to quiet, compose; to stupefy. (Usually fig.) Hence Consopited ppl. a., Consopiting.
[1623. Cockeram, Consopiated, lulled asleepe.
1657. Phys. Dict., Consopiated, lull’d asleep.
1775. Ash, Consopiate (not sufficiently authorized), to lay to sleep.]
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, II. iii. II. xxxvii. To consopite Or quench this false light of bold phansies fire.
1650. Charleton, Paradoxes, 41. That spirituall sensation in the Magnet is consopited and layd asleep.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 657. Narcoticks … consopite the senses.
1668. Howe, Bless. Righteous (1825), 117. It … attenuates the consopiting fumes.
1685. H. More, Illustr., 120. The consopiting of the natural or carnal powers.
