Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dream"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Dream
God has frequently made use of dreams in communicating his will
to men. The most remarkable instances of this are recorded in
the history of Jacob (Gen. 28:12; 31:10), Laban (31:24), Joseph
(37:9-11), Gideon (Judg. 7), and Solomon (1 Kings 3:5). Other
significant dreams are also recorded, such as those of Abimelech
(Gen. 20:3-7), Pharaoh's chief butler and baker (40:5), Pharaoh
(41:1-8), the Midianites (Judg. 7:13), Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 2:1;
4:10, 18), the wise men from the east (Matt. 2:12), and Pilate's
wife (27:19).
To Joseph "the Lord appeared in a dream," and gave him
instructions regarding the infant Jesus (Matt. 1:20; 2:12, 13,
19). In a vision of the night a "man of Macedonia" stood before
Paul and said, "Come over into Macedonia and help us" (Acts
16:9; see also 18:9; 27:23).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dream \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.
--Cowper.
{To dream} {away, out, through}, etc., to pass in revery or
inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an
hour; to dream through life. `` Why does Antony dream out
his hours?'' --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dream \Dream\ (dr[=e]m), n. [Akin to OS. dr[=o]m, D. droom, G.
traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dr["o]m; cf. G. tr["u]gen to
deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dre['a]m
joy, gladness, and OS. dr[=o]m 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dream \Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dreamed}or {Dreamt} (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Dreaming}.] [Cf. AS. dr?man, dr?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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dream
n 1: a series of mental images and emotions occurring during
sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" [syn: {dreaming}]
2: a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own
business" [syn: {ambition}, {aspiration}]
3: imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a
dream that has nothing to do with reality" [syn: {dreaming}]
4: a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the
opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor
of the universe" [syn: {pipe dream}]
5: a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release
from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
6: someone of something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"
v 1: have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy [syn: {daydream}, {woolgather},
{stargaze}]
2: experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He
dreamt a strange scene"
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