† forsleepv.
Obsolete.
a. intransitive. Only in past participle: Overcome with sleep.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > go to sleep or fall asleep > sink or drift into sleep or rest
forsleepa1382
sink1719
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxiii. 34 The steris man al forslept, the steer staf lost.
b. transitive. To neglect through sleep.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > through sleep
forsleepc1571
c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) i. vii. 27 Before the generall flood..when everye man forslept the monytion.
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