Doze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. dsa to doze, Dan. dose to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, dos dullness, drowsiness, dosig drowsy, AS. dws 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.
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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.
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Doze, n.
A light sleep; a drowse.
Tennyson.
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