What does forsleep mean?
Forsleep means (archaic, intransitive) To be overcome with sleep..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(archaic, intransitive) To be overcome with sleep..
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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Forsleep means (archaic, intransitive) To be overcome with sleep..
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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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