forsleep

Verb

(third-person singular simple present forsleeps, present participle forsleeping, simple past and past participle forslept)

(intransitive) To be overcome with sleep.
To neglect through sleep or by sleeping; sleep through; oversleep; sleep off.

Origin

From Middle English forslepen, equivalent to for- +‎ sleep. Cognate with West Frisian forsliepe (“to forsleep”), Dutch verslapen (“to sleep off, sleep away”), German verschlafen (“to sleep away, oversleep”).

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