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slumber |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. t. 1. To lay to sleep. [R.] --Wotton. 2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slumber \Slum"ber\, n. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose. He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night. --Bunyan. Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. --Shak. Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumbered}; p. pr & vb n. {Slumbering}.] [OE. slombren slumberen, slumeren AS slumerian, fr sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern slumen, G. schlummern Dan. slumre Sw slumra Goth. slawan to be silent.] 1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. --Piers Plowman. He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. --Ps. cxxi. 4. 2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. ``Why slumbers Pope?'' --Young. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slumber n 1: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" [syn: {sleep}] 2: a dormant or quiescent state v : be asleep [syn: {sleep}, {kip}, {log Z's}, {catch some Z's}] [ant: {wake}]
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