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Definition of Oversleep
1. Verb. Sleep longer than intended.
Definition of Oversleep
1. v. t. To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.
2. v. i. To sleep too long.
Definition of Oversleep
1. Verb. To involuntarily stay sleeping longer than planned. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oversleep
1. [v -SLEPT, -SLEEPING, -SLEEPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversleep
Literary usage of Oversleep
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Path of Adventure by Julius Mendes Price (1919)
"... exit—" Some " sandwich—The sergeant again—A little contretemps—The courteous
general—From Troyes to Langres—I oversleep myself—Marooned—We ore chefs ! ..."
2. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Polandby John Lloyd Stephens by John Lloyd Stephens (1839)
"That worthy individual did not oversleep himself, nor did he suffer the Jew to
do so either. Early in the morning, without a word on our part, ..."
3. Written English: A Course of Lessons in the Main Things to Know in Order to by Edwin Campbell Woolley (1915)
"Just as an adverb or an adverbial phrase may be separated from the verb it
modifies, thus: Sometimes I oversleep. On rare occasions I oversleep. so may an ..."
4. The American Quarterly Register by American Education Society (1831)
"Sometimes let him feast and sometimes fast, sometimes oversleep and sometimes
watch, sometimes walk and sometimes run : yet let him ..."
5. Quarterly Register of the American Education Society by American Education Society (1831)
"Sometimes let him feast and sometimes fast, sometimes oversleep and sometimes
watch, sometimes walk and sometimes run : yet let him rather fast than feast, ..."
6. A New Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages Based Upon that of by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, John Davenport, Guglielmo Comelati (1873)
"To oversleep, va (pass, e part, overslept,) omitiere (une riya, ... va (pass, e
part, overspread,) Overslept, pass, e part, del verbo to oversleep. ..."
7. Dyspepsy Forestalled and Resisted: Or, Lectures on Diet, Regimen, and by Edward Hitchcock (1831)
"Sometimes let him feast and sometimes fast, sometimes oversleep and sometimes
watch, sometimes walk and sometimes run ; yet let him rather fast than feast, ..."
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