Definition of Drowse

Pronunciation: drouz
v. i.1.To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.
[imp. & p. p. Drowsed (drouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.]
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.
- Lowell.
v. t.1.To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
n.1.A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy.
- Mrs. Browning.


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