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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Mesmerize :: Mesmerize (v. t.) To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.
Doze :: Doze (v. i.) To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy..
Soporific :: Soporific (a.) Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium..
Dormitive :: Dormitive (n.) A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.
Couchant :: Couchant (v. t.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast..
Roost :: Roost (v. i.) Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
Somniculous :: Somniculous (a.) Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy.
Sleep :: Sleep (v. 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..
Moonblink :: Moonblink (n.) A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia..
Hypnagogic :: Hypnagogic (a.) Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.
Stagger :: Stagger (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers..
Awaken :: Awaken (v. t.) To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
Oscitant :: Oscitant (a.) Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish; careless.
Refresh :: Refresh (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind..
Sopite :: Sopite (v. t.) To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet.
Cross-tie :: Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place..
Drowse :: Drowse (n.) A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Drowsy :: Drowsy (superl.) Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
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