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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: drowsy

drowse

 verb
     
drowse [intransitive]
to be in a light sleep or to feel as though you are almost asleep:
I was drowsing in front of the television when you called.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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