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Webster 1913 Edition

Drowse

Drowse

(drouz)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drowsed
(drouzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Drowsing
.]
[AS.
drūsian
,
drūsan
, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD.
droosen
to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG.
drūsen
,
druusken
, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS.
dreósan
to fall. See
Dreary
.]
To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.
“He drowsed upon his couch.”
South.
In the pool
drowsed
the cattle up to their knees.
Lowell.

Drowse

,
Verb.
T.
To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Milton.

Drowse

,
Noun.
A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
But smiled on in a
drowse
of ecstasy.
Mrs. Browning.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drowse

DROWSE

,
Verb.
I.
drowz.
1.
To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness.
2.
To look heavy; to be heavy or dull.

DROWSE

,
Verb.
T.
To make heavy with sleep; to make dull or stupid.

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