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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slumber \Slum"ber\, 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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