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verb (used without object),
som·nam·bu·lat·ed,
som·nam·bu·lat·ing.
to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
Origin:
1825–35;
<
Latin
somn
(
us
) sleep +
ambulate
Related forms
som·nam·bu·lant,
adjective, noun
som·nam·bu·la·tion,
noun
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somnambulate
(sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌleɪt)
—
vb
(
intr
) to walk while asleep
[C19: from Latin
somnus
sleep +
ambulāre
to walk]
som'nambulance
—
n
som'nambulant
—
adj
, —
n
somnambu'lation
—
n
som'nambulator
—
n
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