dreamt

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dreamt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dream \Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dreamed (dr[=e]md) or
     Dreamt (dr[e^]mt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dreaming.] [Cf. AS.
     dr[=e]man, dr[=y]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.
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     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.
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              Here may we sit and dream
              Over the heavenly theme.              --Keble.
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              They dream on in a constant course of reading, but
              not digesting.                        --Locke.
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