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o⋅ver⋅sleep

  [oh-ver-sleep] verb, -slept, -sleep⋅ing.
Use oversleep in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
–verb (used with object)
2. to sleep beyond (a certain hour): She had overslept her usual time of arising.
3. to let (oneself) sleep past the hour of arising: Of all mornings to oversleep myself!
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see over-, sleep
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o·ver·sleep   (ō'vər-slēp')   
v.   o·ver·slept (-slěpt'), o·ver·sleep·ing, o·ver·sleeps

v.   intr.
To sleep beyond one's usual or intended time for waking.
v.   tr.
To sleep beyond the time for: I overslept my appointment.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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