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Slumbered

Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering.] [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS. slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre, Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]

  1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
    --Piers Plowman.

    He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
    --Ps. cxxi. 4.

  2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. ``Why slumbers Pope?''
    --Young.

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slumbered

vb. (en-past of: slumber)