SLUMBER

slumber. Slumber, v. to sleep lightly, dose, rest, stupify

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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. 1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman.
He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4. 2. 2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. “Why slumbers Pope?” Young.