English Explanatory Dictionary

forsleep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be overcome with sleep.
  2. To neglect through sleep or by sleeping; sleep through; oversleep; sleep off.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-forsleep.wav

Word forms

forsleep forsleeps forsleeping forslept

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”).

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