Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to dreams or dreaming; relating to or producing dreams; somniative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Obs. or R. Pertaining to sleep or dreams; somnial.
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- adjective obsolete, rare Pertaining to
sleep ordreams ;somnial .
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Examples
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Nevertheless, cost what price it will, or whatsoever come of it, I heartily condescend thereto; protesting that I shall to-morrow break my fast betimes after my somniatory exercitations.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Hence it is requisite for the better reading, explaining, and unfolding of these somniatory vaticinations and predictions of that nature, that
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Nevertheless, cost what price it will, or whatsoever come of it, I heartily condescend thereto; protesting that I shall to-morrow break my fast betimes after my somniatory exercitations.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Hence it is requisite for the better reading, explaining, and unfolding of these somniatory vaticinations and predictions of that nature, that
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Nevertheless, cost what price it will, or whatsoever come of it, I heartily condescend thereto; protesting that I shall to-morrow break my fast betimes after my somniatory exercitations.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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