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forsleep.

To be overcome with sleep.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To be overcome with sleep.

    archaic · intransitive
  2. To neglect through sleep or by sleeping; sleep through; oversleep; sleep off.

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English forslepen, equivalent to for- + sleep. Cognate with West Frisian forsliepe (“to forsleep”), Dutch verslapen (“to sleep off, sleep away”), German verschlafen (“to sleep away, oversleep”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.