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(<i>v.</i>) imp. of <a href="sleep.htm">Sleep</a>.<p>2. (<i>v. i.</i>) To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.<p>3. (<i>v. i.</i>) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.<p>4. (<i>v. i.</i>) To be dead; to lie in the grave.<p>5. (<i>v. i.</i>) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.<p>6. (<i>v. t.</i>) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.<p>7. (<i>v. t.</i>) To give sleep to; to furnish with accommodations for sleeping; to lodge.<p>8. (<i>n.</i>) A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.<br /><br /><div class="hdg">Thesaurus</div><a href="ko.htm">KO</a> <a href="annihilation.htm">annihilation</a> <a href="ataraxia.htm">ataraxia</a> <a href="ataraxy.htm">ataraxy</a> <a href="bane.htm">bane</a> <a href="be caught napping.htm">be caught napping</a> <a href="be neglectful.htm">be neglectful</a> <a href="be negligent.htm">be negligent</a> <a href="beauty sleep.htm">beauty sleep</a> <a href="beddy-bye.htm">beddy-bye</a> <a href="bedtime.htm">bedtime</a> <a href="biological death.htm">biological death</a> <a href="blackout.htm">blackout</a> <a href="blanket drill.htm">blanket drill</a> <a href="bye-bye.htm">bye-bye</a> <a 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