drowse
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Drowse, drowz, v.i. to be heavy with sleep: to look heavy and dull.—v.t. to make heavy with sleep: to stupefy.—n. a half-sleeping state.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
While the frogs' grave litanies Drowse in far-off antiphone, Supplicating, till the eyes Of dead friendships, long alone In the dusky corners,—rise.
From Kentucky Poems by Cawein, Madison J.
Goldfish swim in a bowl, glisten in sunlight, Dilate to a gorgeous size, blow delicate bubbles, Drowse among dark green weeds.
From The House of Dust; a symphony by Aiken, Conrad
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