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4 أَسْبَتَ see 1, former half, in four places. ― -b2- اسبتت الحَيَّةُ, inf. n. إِِسْبَاتٌ The serpent was, or became, silent; or bent down its head, or lowered its eyes, looking towards the ground. (TA.) -A2- [اسبت It (a drug) produced the kind, or degree, or semblance, of sleep termed سُبَات: and hence, it torpified, or benumbed: often used in this sense in medical works: and ↓ سبّت is also used in this sense in the present day.] -A3- See also 1, near the end of the paragraph.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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