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drowse

[drouz] verb, drowsed, drows⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to be sleepy or half-asleep.
2. to be dull or sluggish.
–verb (used with object)
3. to pass or spend (time) in drowsing (often fol. by away): He drowsed away the morning.
4. to make sleepy.
–noun
5. a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.

Origin:
bef. 900; OE drūsian to droop, become sluggish (not recorded in ME); akin to OE drēosan to fall
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