DORMANT
\dˈɔːmənt], \dˈɔːmənt], \d_ˈɔː_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DORMANT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; - distinguished from couchant.
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A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or sleep.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; - distinguished from couchant.
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A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or sleep.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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