English Explanatory Dictionary

besleep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To sleep; have a sleep; sleep with.

Word forms

besleep besleeps besleeping beslept

Etymology

From Middle English beslepen, from Old English beslǣpan (“to sleep, sleep through, sleep over”), equivalent to be- + sleep. Compare West Frisian besliepe (“to sleep with”), Dutch beslapen (“to sleep with”), German beschlafen (“to lay with”).

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