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   drowse

   /draʊz/

   verb

   • 1. be half asleep; doze intermittently: "he was beginning to drowse in his chair"
   • ▪ make sleepy: "any birds which the heat has not utterly drowsed"
   • ▪ be sluggish or inactive: "let not your prudence drowse"

   noun

   • 1. a light sleep; a condition of being half asleep: "she awoke from a light drowse"

   Word Origin late 16th century: back-formation from drowsy.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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