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   Doze (dōz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed (dōzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. dūsa to doze, Dan. döse to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, dösig drowsy, AS. dwǣs dull, stupid, foolish. √71.  Cf. Dizzy.] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
   
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   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”.
   
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   2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.]
   
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   I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. Pepys.
   
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   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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