Slumbered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slumber \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


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              He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
              sleep.                                --Ps. cxxi. 4.
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     2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or
        inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope?" --Young.
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