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sleepest

verb, old form used with thou

«sleepest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

«sleepest» means «you sleep», a form of «sleep»: To sleep is to rest with your eyes closed and your mind switched off, as you do at night. tree →

Then and now

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou sleepest» = «you sleep».

Examples

Feeling perfectly bewildered by my sudden return to life and light, I murmured to myself in Arabic, "Close thine eyes, and while thou sleepest Heaven will change thy fortune from evil to good." (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) tree →

Note

Today: you sleep.

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