Drowse Definition
drouz
drowsed, drowses, drowsing
verb
drowsed, drowses, drowsing
To be half-asleep.
Drowsed in the warm sun.
American Heritage
To sleep lightly; be half asleep; doze.
Webster's New World
To make sleepy or sluggish.
Webster's New World
To spend (time) in drowsing.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To be sleepy and inactive (also figurative).
Wiktionary
noun
The act or an instance of drowsing.
Webster's New World
The condition of being sleepy.
American Heritage
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Origin of Drowse
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Perhaps ultimately from Old English drūsian to sink, be sluggish dhreu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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