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sweven
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sweven, n. [AS. swefen sleep, dream; akin to swebban, swefian, to put to sleep, to kill. √176. See Somnolent.].
A vision seen in sleep; a dream. Wycliff (Acts ii. 17). [1913 Webster]
"I defy both sweven and dream." [1913 Webster]
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