Definition of sleep

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Sleep (v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly..

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Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
Interminate :: Interminate (a.) Endless; as, interminate sleep..
Mara :: Mara (n.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions..
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
Little :: Little (a.) Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep..
While :: While (conj.) During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep..
Mesmerize :: Mesmerize (v. t.) To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730..
Narcotic :: Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story..
Consopite :: Consopite (v. t.) To lull to sleep; to quiet; to compose.
Rouse :: Rouse (v. i.) To awake from sleep or repose.
Call :: Call (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
Nap :: Nap (v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..
Magnetical :: Magnetical (a.) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism..
Agrypnotic :: Agrypnotic (n.) Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee..
Drowse :: Drowse (v. t.) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Sleepwaker :: Sleepwaker (n.) On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
Snore :: Snore (n.) A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.
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