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laze

[leyz] verb, lazed, laz⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to idle or lounge lazily (often fol. by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
–verb (used with object)
2. to pass (time, life, etc.) lazily (usually fol. by away).
–noun
3. a period of ease or indolence: a quiet laze in the hammock.

Origin:
1585–95; back formation from lazy
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laze   (lāz)   
v.   lazed, laz·ing, laz·es

v.   intr.
To be lazy; loaf: laze around the house.
v.   tr.
To spend (time) loafing: lazed the afternoon away in a hammock.

[Back-formation from lazy.]
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