slumber

slumber
—slumberer, n. —slumberless, adj.
/slum"beuhr/, v.i.
1. to sleep, esp. lightly; doze; drowse.
2. to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering.
v.t.
3. to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often fol. by away, out, or through): to slumber the afternoon away.
4. to dispel or forget by slumbering (often fol. by away): to slumber cares away.
n.
5. Sometimes, slumbers. sleep, esp. light sleep.
6. a period of sleep, esp. light sleep.
7. a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc.
[1175-1225; (v.) ME slumeren, freq. of slumen to doze, deriv. of OE sluma sleep (see -ER6); cf. G schlummern; (n.) ME slomur, slomber, deriv. of the v.]

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