Definition of Aslep
A*sleep", a. & adv. [Pref. a- +
sleep.] 1. In a state of sleep; in sleep;
dormant.
Fast asleep the giant lay supine.
Dryden.
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep.
Milton.
2. In the sleep of the grave; dead.
Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope.
1 Thess. iv. 13.
3. Numbed, and, usually, tingling.
Udall.
Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call
it, asleep.
Bacon.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Resting. "I was asleep when you called."
- (slang) Inattentive. "How could you miss that? Were you asleep?"
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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