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consopiation

consopiation noun: sleep (the act of sleeping, or of lulling to sleep).

Noun

consopiation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) sleep (the act of sleeping, or of lulling to sleep).
    • One of his Lordship’s maxims is, that a total abstinence from intemperance or business, is no more philosophy, than a total consopiation of the senses is repose ; one must feel enough of its contrary to have a relish of either.1724 August 12, Alexander Pope, letter to Robert Digby

Questions about consopiation

What does consopiation mean?
Consopiation means sleep (the act of sleeping, or of lulling to sleep).
What part of speech is consopiation?
Consopiation is a noun.

Words near consopiation in the dictionary

  1. consoomer
  2. consoomerism
  3. consoomers
  4. consooming
  5. consooms
  6. consopiation
  7. consopite
  8. consopited
  9. consopites
  10. consopiting
  11. consoredia

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