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† aˈslopen, pa. pple. Obs. [prob. a regular descendant of OE. aslápen, pa. pple. of aslápan W.Sax. for aslǽpan to be sleepy, fall asleep; perh. a modern form after spoken, etc.] Fallen asleep.1604 Middleton Blurt ii. ii, Good night; we are all aslopen. 1690 D'Urfey Collin's Walk i. 25 And rouze up C...
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aslope
aslope, a. and adv. (əˈsləʊp) [Evidence is wanting to show the exact history of this, and its relation to slope; prob. it is later form of OE. aslopen, pa. pple. of asl{uacu}pan, lit. ‘slipped away’ (cf. awake, acale = OE. awacen, acalen); but it may be f. the simple slope adj. (itself apparently = ...
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sleep
▪ I. sleep, n. (sliːp) Forms: α. 1 slæp, 1, 3–4 (6 Sc.) slep (3 sclep), 1, 4– sleep; 1, 3 dat. slæpe 3 dat., 6 sleape, 1–3 dat., 4–6 slepe (5 sclepe, sleppe), 5–7 sleepe; 6 Sc. sleip(e. β. 1, 3 slap, 2, 4 slape, 4 slope. [OE. slǽp (sláp), slép, = OFris. slêp (WFris. sliep, NFris. slîp), MDu. slaep (...
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