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  1. 1. imp. of Sleep. Slept. Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To be dead; to lie in the grave. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a torpid state resembling deep sleep Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. a period of time spent sleeping Source: wordnet
  12. 12. n. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) Source: wordnet

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