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dream (iou)



dream verb. . ME.
[from (the same root as) DREAM noun2.]
verb intrans. Experience dreams during sleep (of, about, on). ME.
verb trans. See, hear, or feel in a dream; experience or imagine (a dream, vision, etc.) in sleep. Foll. by simple obj., that. ME.
Hobbes He dreamed that God spake to him. Tennyson Last night..I dream'd a vision of the dead.
verb trans. Imagine as in a dream; picture to oneself; believe possible (that). Usu. in neg. contexts. LME.
J. Buchan He did not dream that it would be his fate to fall..under the walls of Arras. T. Gunn Dreaming the flower I have never seen.
verb intrans. Think of as at all possible or appropriate; have any conception of. Usu. in neg. contexts. M16.
Shakespeare Hamlet There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. K. Amis I wouldn't dream of doing anything behind his back.
verb intrans. Fall into reverie; indulge in daydreams. (Foll. by of.) Cf. DAYDREAM verb. M16.
R. Lehmann Dinah..had dreamed always of living in the country. P. Kavanagh He walked slowly, dreaming, along the narrow path.
verb intrans.
a. Act dreamily, procrastinate. Only in M16.
b. Hover or hang dreamily or lightly. M19.
N. Hawthorne Mist..dreamed along the hills.
verb trans. Bring (esp. oneself) in a dream to a specified state or place. E18.
R. H. Froude I may dream myself among lakes and mountains.
With adverbs in specialized senses: dream away spend or lose (time etc.) dreamily or unpractically. dream on! colloq. used as an ironic comment on the unlikely or impractical nature of a plan or aspiration. dream up think up, devise, invent.
dreamer noun a person who dreams; a visionary; esp. an idle or unpractical person: ME.
dreamingly adverb in a dreaming or dreamlike manner M16.