- Dream
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Here may we sit and dream Over the heavenly theme. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
