What does "hypnotic" mean?

Hypnotic: Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
  2. 3.A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

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