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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The god of dreams in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the later Roman poets, a god of dreams, son of Sleep; hence, sleep.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Class. Myth.) The god of dreams.

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  • proper noun Greek mythology A deity from the Greek pantheon, he was the god of dreams.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the Roman god of sleep and dreams

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheus, "Morpheus").

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Examples

  • Morpheus is not depicted as either superior or inferior to the other cast members, and even if he were, his race is in no way a factor.

    The Matrix as a Charlie Chaplin short - Boing Boing 2009

  • Morpheus is wearing blackface because _there aren't any black actors in Russia.

    The Matrix as a Charlie Chaplin short - Boing Boing 2009

  • Courting Morpheus is a themed horror anthology edited by Jodi Lee and contains work by talents such as M.R. Sellars, Geoffrey Girard, Louise Bohmer, Camille Alexa, and more.

    Important Apex Digest Online news apexdigest 2008

  • Among the fest's weaker offerings so far, count Alex Mar's "American Mystic," which follows America's marginalized souls into trailer camps and towns called Morpheus, California, as they sit beside their plastic Jesus and talk about healing, visions, or "identifying as a witch."

    Erica Abeel: INDIE STALWARTS AND NEW TALENT AT TRIBECA 2010

  • All Ill say is that when we meet again, it wont be in a flume, but on a mysterious highway known as the Morpheus Road.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • All Ill say is that when we meet again, it wont be in a flume, but on a mysterious highway known as the Morpheus Road.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • All Ill say is that when we meet again, it wont be in a flume, but on a mysterious highway known as the Morpheus Road.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • Then there's an ad for a magazine called Morpheus Tales, which I've never heard of, but which the ad says is from the creative minds behind Black Tears Magazine, Violent Spectres Magazine and Morpheus Press, none of which I have ever heard of.

    Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009

  • After his escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power.

    Never Read SANDMAN? Well, Good News! Mirtika 2006

  • After his escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Mirtika 2006

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