"besleep" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: besleeps [present, singular, third-person], besleeping [participle, present], beslept [participle, past], beslept [past]
Etymology: From Middle English beslepen, from Old English beslǣpan (“to sleep, sleep through, sleep over”), equivalent to be- + sleep. Compare West Frisian besliepe (“to sleep with”), Dutch beslapen (“to sleep with”), German beschlafen (“to lay with”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|beslepen}} Middle English beslepen, {{inh|en|ang|beslǣpan|t=to sleep, sleep through, sleep over}} Old English beslǣpan (“to sleep, sleep through, sleep over”), {{prefix|en|be|sleep}} be- + sleep, {{cog|fy|besliepe|t=to sleep with}} West Frisian besliepe (“to sleep with”), {{cog|nl|beslapen|t=to sleep with}} Dutch beslapen (“to sleep with”), {{cog|de|beschlafen|t=to lay with}} German beschlafen (“to lay with”) Head templates: {{en-verb|besleeps|besleeping|beslept}} besleep (third-person singular simple present besleeps, present participle besleeping, simple past and past participle beslept)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive, archaic) To sleep; have a sleep; sleep with. Tags: archaic, intransitive, reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-besleep-en-verb-fkfPq1Ln Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

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