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forsleep

verb

Etymology

From Middle English forslepen, equivalent to for- + sleep. Cognate with West Frisian forsliepe (“to forsleep”), Dutch verslapen (“to sleep off, sleep away”), German verschlafen (“to sleep away, oversleep”).

  1. inherited from forslepen

Definitions

  1. To be overcome with sleep.

  2. To neglect through sleep or by sleeping

    To neglect through sleep or by sleeping; sleep through; oversleep; sleep off.

    • At this moment, Giulietta, who had already forslept and digested the virtue of the potion, awoke and feeling herself kissed, misdoubted her that the friar, being come to take her up and carry her to his chamber, [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA