SLUMBER

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman. He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

2.
v.

To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope" Young.

3.
v.

To lay to sleep. [R.] Wotton.

4.
v.

To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] Spenser.

5.
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.

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