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2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. " safe in his dreadless den." Spenser.

Dread"less, adv. Without doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dread"less*ness, n. Freedom from dread.

Dread"ly, a. Dreadful. [Obs.] "Dreadly spectacle." Spenser. -- adv. With dread. [Obs.] "Dreadly to shake." Sylvester (Du Bartas).

Dread"naught` (?), n. 1. A fearless person.

2. Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.

Dream (drm), n. [Akin to OS. drm, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dröm; cf. G. trügen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dreám joy, gladness, and OS. drm joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise.] 1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes.

Dryden.

I had a dream which was not all a dream.

Byron.

2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.

There sober thought pursued the amusing theme, Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream.

Pope.

It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose.

J. C. Shairp.

Dream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dreamed (drmd) or Dreamt (drmt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dreaming.] [Cf. AS. drman, drman, 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.

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.

Here may we sit and dream Over the heavenly theme

. Keble.

They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting

. Locke.

Dream, v. t. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

Your old men shall dream dreams

. Acts ii. 17.

At length in sleep their bodies they compose, And dreamt the future fight

. Dryden.

And still they dream that they shall still succeed