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DREAM, n. [G.]

1. The thought or series of thoughts of a person in sleep. We apply dream, in the singular, to a series of thoughts, which occupy the mind of a sleeping person, in which he imagines he has a view of real things or transactions. A dream is a series of thoughts not under the command of reason, and hence wild and irregular.

2. In scripture, dreams were sometimes impressions on the minds of sleeping persons, made by divine agency. God came to Abimelech in a dream. Joseph was warned by God in a dream. Genesis 20. Matthew 2.

3. A vain fancy; a wild conceit; an unfounded suspicion.

DREAM, v.i. pret. dreamed or dreamt. [G.]

1. To have ideas or images in the mind, in the state of sleep; with of before a noun; as, to dream of a battle; to dream of an absent friend.

2. To think; to imagine; as, he little dreamed of his approaching fate.

3. To think idly.

They dream on in a course of reading, without digesting.

4. To be sluggish; to waste time in vain thoughts; as, to dream away life.

DREAM, v.t. To see in a dream.

And dreamt the future fight.

It is followed by a noun of the like signification; as, to dream a dream.


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DREAM, n. [G.]

1. The thought or series of thoughts of a person in sleep. We apply dream, in the singular, to a series of thoughts, which occupy the mind of a sleeping person, in which he imagines he has a view of real things or transactions. A dream is a series of thoughts not under the command of reason, and hence wild and irregular.

2. In scripture, dreams were sometimes impressions on the minds of sleeping persons, made by divine agency. God came to Abimelech in a dream. Joseph was warned by God in a dream. Genesis 20. Matthew 2.

3. A vain fancy; a wild conceit; an unfounded suspicion.

DREAM, v.i. pret. dreamed or dreamt. [G.]

1. To have ideas or images in the mind, in the state of sleep; with of before a noun; as, to dream of a battle; to dream of an absent friend.

2. To think; to imagine; as, he little dreamed of his approaching fate.

3. To think idly.

They dream on in a course of reading, without digesting.

4. To be sluggish; to waste time in vain thoughts; as, to dream away life.

DREAM, v.t. To see in a dream.

And dreamt the future fight.

It is followed by a noun of the like signification; as, to dream a dream.

DREAM, n. [D. droom; G. traum; Sw. dröm; Dan. dröm. In Russ. dremlyu is to sleep. But I take the primary sense to be, to rove, and the word to be allied to Gr. δρομη, a running, which seems to be from the root of roam, ramble. If not, it may signify to form images, and be allied to frame.]

  1. The thought or series of thoughts of a person in sleep. We apply dream, in the singular, to a series of thoughts, which occupy the mind of a sleeping person, in which he imagines he has a view of real things or transactions. A dream is a series of thoughts not under the command of reason, and hence wild and irregular. – Stewart.
  2. In Scripture, dreams were sometimes impressions on the minds of sleeping persons, made by divine agency. God came to Abimelech in a dream. Joseph was warned by God in a dream. – Gen. xx. Matth. ii.
  3. A vain fancy; a wild conceit; an unfounded suspicion.

DREAM, v.i. [pret. dreamed or dreamt; D. droomen; G. träamen; Sw. drömma; Dan. drömmer.]

  1. To have ideas or images in the mind, in the state of sleep; with of before a noun; as, to dream of a battle; to dream of an absent friend.
  2. To think; to imagine; as, he little dreamed of his approaching fate.
  3. To think idly. They dream on in a course of reading, without digesting. – Locke.
  4. To be sluggish; to waste time in vain thoughts; as, to dream away life.

DREAM, v.t.

To see in a dream. And dreamt the future fight. – Dryden. It is followed by a noun of the like signification; as, to dream in a dream.


Dream
  1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

    Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. Dryden.

    I had a dream which was not all a dream. Byron.

  2. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
  3. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

    Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts ii. 17.

    At length in sleep their bodies they compose,
    And dreamt the future fight    . Dryden.

    And still they dream that they shall still succeed. Cowper.

    To dream away, out, through, etc., to pass in revery or inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream through life. " Why does Antony dream out his hours?" Dryden.

  4. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.

    There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,
    Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream.     Pope.

    It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose. J. C. Shairp.

  5. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.

    Here may we sit and dream
    Over the heavenly theme    . Keble.

    They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting. Locke.

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Dream

DREAM, noun [G.]

1. The thought or series of thoughts of a person in sleep. We apply dream in the singular, to a series of thoughts, which occupy the mind of a sleeping person, in which he imagines he has a view of real things or transactions. A dream is a series of thoughts not under the command of reason, and hence wild and irregular.

2. In scripture, dreams were sometimes impressions on the minds of sleeping persons, made by divine agency. God came to Abimelech in a dream Joseph was warned by God in a dream Genesis 20:3. Matthew 2:12.

3. A vain fancy; a wild conceit; an unfounded suspicion.

DREAM, verb intransitive preterit tense dreamed or dreamt. [G.]

1. To have ideas or images in the mind, in the state of sleep; with of before a noun; as, to dream of a battle; to dream of an absent friend.

2. To think; to imagine; as, he little dreamed of his approaching fate.

3. To think idly.

They dream on in a course of reading, without digesting.

4. To be sluggish; to waste time in vain thoughts; as, to dream away life.

DREAM, verb transitive To see in a dream

And dreamt the future fight.

It is followed by a noun of the like signification; as, to dream a dream

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