Besleep
Origin
From Middle English beslepen, from Old English beslǣpan ("to sleep, sleep through, sleep over"), equivalent to - + sleep. Compare German beschlafen ("to lay with").
Full definition of besleep
Verb
- (ambitransitive, reflexive) To sleep; have a sleep; sleep about; sleep with.
- 1859, George Gilfillan, The poets and poetry of the Bible:Others are going about our streets, like well-meaning but beslept watchmen, calling the hours of midnight, while the morning is paling their lanterns.
- 1926, Blanche Colton Williams, Best American stories:He still beslept himself as we passed; he being a slumbersome person.
- 1973, Georg Peter Landmann, Stefan George in fremden Sprachen:He knows the last but whom the god beslept.