ASLEE'P, a. or adv. [a and sleep.]
1. sleeping; in a state of sleep; at rest.Sisera was fast asleep. Judges 4.2. To a state of sleep; as to fall asleep.3. Dead; in a state of death.Concerning them who are asleep, sorrow not. 1Thes. 4.4. To death.For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue. 2Pet. 3.