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slumbering |
2 definitions found 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]: slumbering adj : lying asleep; "don't wake the sleeping children"; "gazed with affection at his slumbering form" [syn: {sleeping(a)}, {slumbering(a)}]
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