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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doze \Doze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dozed}; p. pr & vb n. {Dozing}.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf Icel. d?sa to doze, Dan. d["o]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, d["o]sig drowsy, AS dw?s dull, stupid, foolish. ???. Cf {Dizzy}.] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him --L'Estrange. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doze \Doze\, v. t. 1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as to doze away one's time. 2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.] I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work --Pepys. They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. --South. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doze \Doze\, n. A light sleep; a drowse. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: doze n : a light fitful sleep [syn: {drowse}] v : sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: {snooze}, {drowse}]
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