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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
DROWSE, v.i. drowz.
DROWSE, v.t. To make heavy with sleep; to make dull or stupid.
To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber;
to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.
"He drowsed upon
his couch." South.
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell. To make heavy with
sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Milton. A slight or imperfect
sleep; a doze.
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning. | ||||||||