Slum·ber v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering.]
1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. --Ps. cxxi. 4.
2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. “Why slumbers Pope?”