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Webster 1913 Edition


Oversleep

Oˊver-sleep′

,
Verb.
T.
To sleep beyond;
as, to
oversleep
one’s self or one's usual hour of rising
.

Oˊver-sleep′

,
Verb.
I.
To sleep too long.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oversleep

OVERSLEE'P

,
Verb.
T.
To sleep too long; as, to oversleep the usual hour of rising.

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oversleep

oversleep

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oversleep (third-person singular simple present oversleeps, present participle oversleeping, simple past and past participle overslept)

  1. (intransitive) To sleep for longer than planned.
    I overslept and was late for school.
  2. (transitive) To sleep beyond.
    to oversleep one's usual hour of rising

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