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dor⋅mant
[dawr-muh
nt]
–adjective
| 1. | lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience. |
| 2. | in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance: The project is dormant for the time being. |
| 3. | Biology. in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of an organism's normal annual rhythm. |
| 4. | undisclosed; unasserted: dormant musical talent. |
| 5. | (of a volcano) not erupting. |
| 6. | Botany. temporarily inactive: dormant buds; dormant seeds. |
| 7. | (of a pesticide) applied to a plant during a period of dormancy: a dormant spray. |
| 8. | Heraldry. (of an animal) represented as lying with its head on its forepaws, as if asleep. |
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dor·mant (dôr'mənt) adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of dormir, to sleep, from Latin dormīre.] dor'man·cy n. |
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Dormant
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.Dormant
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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Language Translation for : dormant
Spanish:
durmiente, inactivo,
German:
untätig, schlafend,
Japanese:
休止中の
dormant
c.1386, from O.Fr. dormant, prp. of dormir "to sleep," from L. dormire "to sleep," from I.E. base *dre- "to sleep" (cf. O.C.S. dremati "to sleep, doze," Gk. edrathon "I slept," Skt. drati "sleeps").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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