Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - dormant
Dormant
dormant
adj. 1 lying inactive as in sleep; sleeping. 2 a (of a volcano etc.) temporarily inactive. b (of potential faculties etc.) in abeyance. 3 (of plants) alive but not actively growing. 4 Heraldry (of a beast) lying with its head on its paws. Derivatives dormancy n. Etymology: ME f. OF, pres. part. of dormir f. L dormire sleep
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, fixed, stationary, from Anglo-French, from present participle of dormir to sleep, from Latin dormire; akin to Sanskrit drāti he sleeps Date: circa 1500 represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws, marked by a suspension of activity: as, temporarily devoid of external activity , temporarily in abeyance yet capable of being activated, 3. asleep, inactive, having the faculties suspended ; sluggish, having biological activity suspended: as, being in a state of suspended animation, not actively growing but protected (as by bud scales) from the environment, associated with, carried out, or applied during a period of dormancy , see: latent ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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