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som⋅nam⋅bu⋅late

  [som-nam-byuh-leyt, suhm-]
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–verb (used without object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
Origin:
1825–35; < L somn(us) sleep + ambulate

Related forms:
som⋅nam⋅bu⋅lant, adjective, noun
som⋅nam⋅bu⋅la⋅tion, noun
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som·nam·bu·late   (sŏm-nām'byə-lāt')   
intr.v.   som·nam·bu·lat·ed, som·nam·bu·lat·ing, som·nam·bu·lates
To walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition.
som·nam'bu·lar (-lər) adj., som'nam·bu·la'tion n.
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Somnambulation

Som*nam`bu*la"tion\, n. [L. somnus sleep + ambulatio a walking about, from ambulare to walk. See Somnolent, Amble.] The act of walking in sleep.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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