samnambulation

[SOMNAMBULATE.) The act of walking in sleep; somnambulism. som-năm-bu-lā-tõr, s. [SOMNAMBULATE.] One who walk in his sleep; a somnambulist. som-năm-büle, s. [SOMNAMBULAR.] A somnambulist, a sleep-walker. a little; to some extent. "I prattle something too wildly." *2. At some distance. Shakesp.: Tempest , iii. 1. "For 't must be done to-night, And something from the palace." Shakesp.: Macbeth , iii. 1. some-time, adv . & a . [Eng. some , and time .] A. As adverb : 1. Once, formerly; at one time. "Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest." Shakesp.: Merry Wives, iv. 4. 2. At one time or another; now and then; sometimes. " Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines." Shakesp.: Sonnet 75. *B. As adj .: Having been formerly; being or existing formerly; former, late, whilom. "My sometime general." --Shakesp .: Coriolanus , iv. 1. some-timeş, adv . [Eng. some, and time , with the addition of the adverbial suffix -s (the sign of the gen it. sing.), as in needs, twice .] 1. At times, at intervals; from time to time; now and then; not always. *2. Once, formerly; at an indefinite past period. "The dowager, sometimes our brother's wife." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., ii. 4. som-năm-bu-lic, adj. [SOMNAMBULAR.] Perin one's sleep. "Whether the act may not have been performed in a somnambulic state."-London Daily Telegraph . som-năm-bu-lişm, subst. [Lat.somnus=sleep; ambulo to walk, and Eng. suff. -ism.] Pathol.: Strictly speaking, the act of walking in one's sleep, but used in a wider sense for all the phenomena which take place when a person, apparently insensible to the external objects, acts as if he were in a state of consciousne . The somnambulist not merely dreams like others, but he carries his dream into action. Talking or crying in sleep is a mild form of somnambulism. In the typical cases of somnambulism a person rises from bed, and sets about the duties of the day, or leaving the house by a window, climbs upon the roof unconscious of danger, or, quitting it by the door, proceeds to walk forth along the street or road. Sometimes one intellectually disposed tries a difficult problem which has baffled his efforts during the day, or notes down a fact which he is anxious not to forget. Somnambulism arises from derangement of the nervous system, and may be idiopathic or symptomatic, and is said to be produed by animal magnetism. It sometimes appears to exist along with good health; in most cases there is a tendency to catalepsy, ecstasy, and po ibly insanity. săm-năm-bu-list, subst. [SOMNAMBULAR.] One hwæt.] A. As substantive: 1. Something, though it be uncertain what. " Somewhat we must do."- Shakesp .: Rích . II ., ii. 2. 2. Something; more or le ; a certain quantity or degree, indeterminate or not specified. "This gentleman told somewhat of my tale." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, v. B. As adv.: In some degree or measure; rather, a little; to some extent. "Yet for a dance they seem'd Somewhat extravagant." Milton: P. L. , vi. 616. *some-when, adv . [Eng, some , and when . ] At some indefinite time; sometime or other. some-whêre, adv. [A. S. sumhwær.] In or to some place or other unknown or not specified; in one place or another. "He's somewhere gone to dinner." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, ii. 1. some-while, adv . [English some , and while .] Once; for a time. "Under color of the shepherds somewhile There crept in wolves full of fraud and guile." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; May. some-whi-ther, adv. [Eng. some, and whither.] To some indefinite or indeterminate place. sō-mite, s. [SOMATO-.] Zoology : A segment of the body in an annulose animal.