a. & adv. [ Pref. a- + sleep. ]
Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 1 Thess. iv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call it, asleep. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]