SLUMBERv.i.
1. To sleep lightly; to doze. He that keepth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:4.
2. To sleep. Slumber is used as synonymous with sleep, particularly in the poetic and eloquent style.
3. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness or inactivity. Why slumbers Pope?
SLUMBERv.t.
1. To lay to sleep.
2. To stun; to stupefy. [Little used and hardly legitimate.]
SLUMBERn.
1. Light sleep; sleep not deep or sound. From carelessness it shall settle into slumber, and from slumber it shall settle into a deep and long sleep.
2. Sleep; repose. Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes.