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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dream \Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dreamed}or {Dreamt} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Dreaming}.] [Cf. AS dr?man, dr?man, to rejoice. See {Dream}, n.] 1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of as to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend. 2. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine. Here may we sit and dream Over the heavenly theme. --Keble. They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting. --Locke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dreaming n 1: imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" [syn: {dream}] 2: a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" [syn: {dream}]
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