dowse1Pronunciation: /daʊz/Translate dowse | into French Definition of dowse verb [no object] practise dowsing:water is easy to dowse for [with object] search for or discover by dowsing:he dowsed a spiral of energy on the stoneDerivatives dowser noun Origin: late 17th century: of unknown origindowse in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of dowse in the US English dictionary