v. Obs.–1 [f. ppl. stem of L. somniāre, f. somnium dream.]
1. trans. To dream (something).
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 344. Who being too credulous have committed to presse what the imperite somniated.
2. To stupefy, make drowsy.
1719. De Foe, Vision of Angelic World, 33. More or less doz’d or somniated with the oppression of Vapours … which occasion sleep.
