·- imp. of Sleep. Slept.
II. Sleep ·vi To be dead; to lie in the grave.
III. Sleep ·vt To be slumbering in;
— followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
IV. Sleep ·vi To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
V. Sleep ·vt To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to Lodge.
VI. Sleep ·vi 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.
VII. Sleep ·vi 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.
VIII. Sleep ·vi 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.