SLUM'BER, verb intransitive 1. To sleep lightly; to doze. He that keepth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psalms 121:4. 2. To sleep. slumber is used as synonymous with sleep, particularly in the poetic and eloquent style. 3. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness or inactivity. Why slumbers Pope? SLUM'BER, verb transitive 1. To lay to sleep. 2. To stun; to stupefy. [Little used and hardly legitimate.] SLUM'BER, noun 1. Light sleep; sleep not deep or sound. From carelessness it shall settle into slumber and from slumber it shall settle into a deep and long sleep. 2. Sleep; repose. Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes.
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