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Slumber (?), 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.

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    He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

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    2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. “Why slumbers Pope?”  Young.

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Slumber, v. t.
    1. To lay to sleep. [R.]  Wotton.

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

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Slumber, n. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.

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    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.

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    Fast asleep? It is no matter;

    Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Shak.

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    Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. Dryden.

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