v. i.
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 ]
n. [ Akin to OS. drōm, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dröm; cf. G. trügen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dreám joy, gladness, and OS. drōm joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr.
Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
I had a dream which was not all a dream. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,
Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
At length in sleep their bodies they compose,
And dreamt the future fight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
And still they dream that they shall still succeed. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
To dream away
To dream out,
To dream through, etc.
n.
a. Full of dreams. “ Dreamful ease.” Tennyson. --
adv. As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being dreamy. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a dreamy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. --