consopiation

Noun

 * 1)  The act of sleeping, or of lulling to sleep.
 * 2) * 1724 August 12,, letter to Robert Digby:
 * 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.