Pronunciation : Doze
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d to doze, Dan. d?se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d?s dullness, drowsiness, d?sig drowsy, AS. dw dull, stupid, foolish. Dizzy.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Doze
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Doze
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913