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Pronunciation : Slum"ber
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman. He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope" Young.

i. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slum"ber
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To lay to sleep. [R.] Wotton.

2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] Spenser.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slum"ber
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose. He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night. Bunyan. Fast asleep It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Shak. Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913