Dream \Dream\, v. t.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Dream \Dream\ (dr[=e]m), n. [Akin to OS. dr[=o]m, D. droom, G.
traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dr["o]m; cf. G. tr["u]gen to
deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dre['a]m
joy, gladness, and OS. dr[=o]m joy are, perh., different
words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise.]
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. 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Dream \Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dreamedor Dreamt (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Dreaming.]
[Cf. AS. dr?man, dr?man, to
rejoice. See Dream, n.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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