Hyp*not"ic (?), a. [Gr. inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. to lull to sleep, fr. sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]
1.
Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
2.
Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
© Webster 1913.
Hyp*not"ic, n.
1.
Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
2.
A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.
© Webster 1913.