Slum"ber (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Slumbering.] [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS. slumerian, fr.
sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen,
G. schlummern, Dan. slumre, Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.] 1.
To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman.
He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Ps. cxxi. 4.
2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
"Why slumbers Pope?" Young.
Slum"ber, v. t. 1. To lay to sleep. [R.] Wotton.