verb
- to put to sleep; to cause to fall asleep
- to put an end to; to settle or resolve
Usage: archaic; literary
Usage: archaic; formal
Examples
- The gentle music seemed to sopite the restless child.
- Her mother’s lullaby would sopite her fears each night.
- The king hoped to sopite the rebellion through negotiation.
- Time alone could sopite the bitter dispute between the families.
- The warm milk helped sopite his troubled thoughts.
- The mediator worked to sopite the conflict between the parties.