dormant

[dor·mant]

That old dog was dormant for so long he was confused for a furry doormat, but a doormat is likely to stay dormant, or inactive, because it is lifeless: that old dog has some life in him yet.

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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.

Adjective S.
not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

Adjective
of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"

Adjective S.
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"

a.
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.

a.
In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.

a.
A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."

Dormant

Dor"mant , a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. , Skr. dr'be, OSlav. drmati.] 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.

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 ∨ 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.

Dormer, ∨ Dormer window

Dor"mer , ∨ Dor"mer win"dow , n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See Dormant, a. & n.] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

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.

A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."

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