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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOZE, v.i. [See Dote.]
1. To slumber; to sleep lightly.
If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.
2. To live in a state of drowsiness; to be dull or half asleep; as, to doze away the time; to doze over a work.
DOZE, v.t. To make dull; to stupify. Dryden uses the participle dozed, Dozed with his fumes; but the transitive verb is seldom or never used.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a light fitful sleep [syn: doze, drowse] v
1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze, drowse, doze]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (dozed; dozing) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse d?sa to doze Date: 1677 intransitive verb 1. a. to sleep lightly b. to fall into a light sleep — usually used with off 2. to be in a dull or stupefied condition transitive verb to pass (as time) drowsily • doze noun • dozer noun II. transitive verb (dozed; dozing) Etymology: probably back-formation from dozer (bulldozer) Date: 1945 bulldoze 2 • dozer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. sleep lightly; be half asleep. --n. a short light sleep. Phrases and idioms: doze off fall lightly asleep. Derivatives: dozer n. Etymology: 17th c.: cf. Da. d{Yacute}se make drowsy

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Doze Doze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d?sa to doze, Dan. d["o]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, d["o]sig drowsy, AS. dw?s 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Doze 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Doze Doze, n. A light sleep; a drowse. --Tennyson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dozes, dozing, dozed) When you doze, you sleep lightly or for a short period, especially during the daytime. For a while she dozed fitfully. = nap VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Slumber, drowse, nap, sleep lightly, be half asleep, be drowsy. II. n. Light sleep, drowse, nap, light slumber.

Moby Thesaurus

beauty sleep, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, catnap, dorm, doze off, dozy, dreamland, drop off, drowse, drowsy, fitful sleep, forty winks, hibernation, kip, land of Nod, light sleep, nap, nod off, nodding, oversleep, repose, rest, saw logs, saw wood, shut-eye, siesta, silken repose, sleep, sleep soundly, sleepland, sleepwalking, slumber, slumberland, slumberous, slumbery, snooze, snoozle, snoozy, snore, somnambulism, somniloquy, somnolent, somnus, soporific, take a nap, unconsciousness, winter sleep