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.
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Slum"ber, v. t.
1.
To lay to sleep.
[R.]
Wotton.
2.
To stun; to stupefy.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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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.
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