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5 words match “MORPHEUS”

MORPHEUS n.
The god of dreams.
MORPHEAN a.
Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. Keats.
PENSIONER n.
One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent. The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. Milton. Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital. Macaulay.
ROUSE v.
To awake from sleep or repose. Morpheus rouses from his bed. Pope.
UNDER prep.
cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. Felton. Under this hea…