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Dormant

Dormant Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dormant?
[adj] not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
[adj] of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano" [adj] (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dormant: asleep(p) | hibernating(a) | inactive | quiescent | torpid Related Terms | Find terms related to Dormant: abeyant | apathetic | asleep | at rest | benumbed | between the lines | blase | bored | cataleptic | catatonic | comatose | concealed | contemplative | covert | cryptic | dead | dead asleep | debilitated | deep asleep | delitescent | do-nothing | dopey | droopy | drugged | dull | enervated | esoteric | exanimate | fast asleep | flaked-out | flat | foul | groggy | heavy | hebetudinous | hibernating | hidden | idle | immobile | in abeyance | in suspense | inactive | inanimate | inert | jaded | lackadaisical | laissez-aller | laissez-faire | languid | languorous | latent | leaden | lethargic | lifeless | listless | logy | lumpish | lurking | meditative | moribund | motionless | muffled | mystic | neuter | neutral | numb | obfuscated | oblivious | obscured | occult | out | paralytic | paralyzed | passive | phlegmatic | pooped | possible | potential | procrastinating | quiescent | quiet | quietist | quietistic | resting | sated | sedentary | slack | sleeping | sleepy | slow | sluggish | slumbering | slumberous | smoldering | somnolent | sound asleep | stagnant | stagnating | standing | standpat | static | stationary | still | stultified | submerged | supine | suspended | tame | torpid | unaroused | unconscious | under the surface | underlying | undisclosed | unexpressed | unmanifested | unmoving | unrevealed | vegetable | vegetative | veiled | virtual | wan | weary | world-weary See Also | Dormant In Webster's Dictionary \Dor"mant\, a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L.
dormire; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. dr[=a], OSlav. dr?mati.]
1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or
exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed,
asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant
claims or titles.
It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . .
very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals
upon a people. --Burke.
2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; --
distinguished from {couchant}.
{Dormant partner} (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the
active business of a company or partnership, but is
entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share
in losses; -- called also {sleeping or silent partner}.
{Dormant window} (Arch.), a dormer window. See {Dormer}.
{Table dormant}, a stationary table. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or `` sleep.'' --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell. |
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