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Definition of "dormant" []
- Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive. (adjective)
- Latent but capable of being activated: "a harrowing experience which . . . lay dormant but still menacing” ( Charles Jackson). (adjective)
- Temporarily quiescent: a dormant volcano. See Synonyms at inactive, latent. (adjective)
- In a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes. (adjective)
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Use "dormant" in a sentence
- "They are dormant, at any rate, to use another word, for the death of my text is not so absolute a death but that a resurrection is possible, and so _dormant_ comes to express pretty nearly the same thing."
- "The term dormant factor (bag-la nyal) means, literally, something that is “asleep to the taste of the mind.”"
- "How long they will remain dormant is anybody's guess."