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Asleep

A-sleep', a.

adjective

[Prefix a and sleep, q. v.]

In a state of sleep; at rest. “Fast asleep the giant lay supine.” Dryden. Hence,
(Fig.) In the sleep of the grave; in a state of death.

Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 1 Thess. iv. 13.

A-sleep', adv.

adverb

Into a state of sleep, or of death. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton. For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning. 2 Pet. iii. 4.