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p. p. Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
Syn. -- genus Andreaea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an order of mosses which comprises a single genus: Andreaea.
Syn. -- order Andreaeales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One given to daydreams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dreaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dreading. ] [ AS. dr&aemacr_;dan, in comp.; akin to OS. drādan, OHG. trātan, both only in comp. ] To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be in dread, or great fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deut. i. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dread of something after death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. Gen. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An object of terrified apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person highly revered. [ Obs. ] “Una, his dear dread.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fury; dreadfulness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Doubt; as, out of dread. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See Reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of being dreaded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Armed with dreaded bolts. “Dread-bolted thunder.” [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fears, or lives in fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [ Obs. ] “With dreadful heart.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. “ Dreadful gloom.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [ Obs. ] “God's dreadful law.” Shak.

Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See Frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With dread. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart. “The dreadless angel.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. “ safe in his dreadless den.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without doubt. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Freedom from dread. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dreadful. [ Obs. ] “Dreadly spectacle.” Spenser. -- adv. With dread. [ Obs. ] “Dreadly to shake.” Sylvester (Du Bartas). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A fearless person. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dreadnought, in either sense. [ PJC ]

n. 1. (Capitalized) A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns mounted in turrets, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by a main armament of big guns all of the same caliber. She had a displacement of 17, 900 tons at load draft, and a speed of 21 knots per hour. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Any battleship having its main armament entirely of big guns all of one caliber. Since the Dreadnought was built, the caliber of the heaviest guns has increased from 12 in. to 131/2 in., 14 in., and 15 in., and the displacement of the largest batteships from 18, 000 tons to 30, 000 tons and upwards. The term superdreadnought is popularly applied to battleships with such increased displacement and gun caliber. [ Also spelled dreadnaught. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. qry^los noise. ] 1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had a dream which was not all a dream. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth. [ 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. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dreamed r Dreamt (dr&ebreve_;mt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dreaming. ] [ Cf. AS. drēman, dr&ymacr_;man, to rejoice. See Dream, n. ] 1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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., to pass in revery or inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream through life. “ Why does Antony dream out his hours?” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who dreams. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of dreams. “ Dreamful ease.” Tennyson. -- Dream"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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. -- Dream"less*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

adj. resembling a dream; vague or fantastic; as, night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality.
Syn. -- surreal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination; a fantasy land.
Syn. -- never-never land, dreamland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Compar. Dreamier superl. Dreamiest ] 1. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. “The dreamy dells.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. soothing; restful; as, dreamy music. [ PJC ]

3. Like what one dreams of; wonderful; delightful; marvelous; ideal; as, a dreamy house and garden. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

4. Prone to indulge in fantasy or daydreaming; as, a dreamy young girl. [ PJC ]

a. [ See Dreary. ] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. “A drear and dying sound.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sadness; dismalness. [ Obs. ] Spenser.

{ } n. Affliction; dreariness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Gloomily; dismally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dreariness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sorrow; wretchedness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dismalness; gloomy solitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sorrow. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Very dreary. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Drearier superl. Dreariest. ] [ OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dreórig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dreósan to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse. ] 1. Sorrowful; distressful. [ Obs. ] “ Dreary shrieks.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. “ Dreary shades.” Dryden. “The dreary ground.” Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dreamy, idle fellow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dread of evil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pass, or escape, while dreaming. “To outdream dangers.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Dreadnought, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]