A*sleep", a. & adv. [Pref. a- + sleep.]
1.
In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Fast asleep the giant lay supine.
Dryden.
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep.
Milton.
2.
In the sleep of the grave; dead.
Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1 Thess. iv. 13.
3.
Numbed, and, usually, tingling.
Udall.
Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call it, asleep.
Bacon.
© Webster 1913.