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Drowse
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton.