ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Besleep

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Besleep is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, reflexive, archaic) To sleep; have a sleep; sleep with.

Meaning

(ambitransitive, reflexive, archaic) To sleep; have a sleep; sleep with.

Example Sentences

He knows the last but whom the god beslept.
He still beslept himself as we passed; he being a slumbersome person.
Others are going about our streets, like well-meaning but beslept watchmen, calling the hours of midnight, while the morning is paling their lanterns.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sleep, somnify, unsleep, awake, wake, bedream.

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