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Synonyms for put to sleep


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sleep
Phonetic Transcription : slip

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Définition of put to sleep

Origin :
  • Old English slæpan "to be or fall asleep; be dormant or inactive" (class VII strong verb; past tense slep, past participle slæpen), from Proto-Germanic *slepan (cf. Old Saxon slapan, Old Frisian slepa, Middle Dutch slapen, Dutch slapen, Old High German slafen, German schlafen, Gothic slepan "to sleep"), from PIE root *sleb- "to be weak, sleep" (cf. Old Church Slavonic slabu "lax, weak," Lithuanian silpnas "weak"), which perhaps is connected to the root of slack (adj.). Sleep with "do the sex act with" is in Old English:
  • Gif hwa fæmnan beswice unbeweddode, and hire mid slæpe ... [Laws of King Alfred, c.900]
  • Related: Slept; sleeping. Sleep around first attested 1928.
  • As in put away : verb kill
  • As in tire : verb exhaust, weary
  • As in bore : verb cause weariness, disinterest
  • As in deaden : verb diminish, muffle, quiet
  • As in dope : verb drug someone
  • As in hypnotize : verb put in trance; spellbind

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