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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.
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Your old men shall dream dreams. --Acts ii. 17.
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At length in sleep their bodies they compose,
And dreamt the future fight. --Dryden.
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And still they dream that they shall still succeed.
--Cowper.
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{To dream away} {To dream out}, {To dream 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.
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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.
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Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes.
--Dryden.
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I had a dream which was not all a dream. --Byron.
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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.
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There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,
Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream. --Pope.
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It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim
which they propose. --J. C.
Shairp.
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Dream \Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dreamed} (dr[=e]md) or
{Dreamt} (dr[e^]mt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dreaming}.] [Cf. AS.
dr[=e]man, dr[=y]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.
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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.
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Here may we sit and dream
Over the heavenly theme. --Keble.
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They dream on in a constant course of reading, but
not digesting. --Locke.
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