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dormancy
Variant of dormant
adjective
- sleeping
- as if asleep; quiet; still
- inoperative; inactive
- Biol.
- torpid in winter; in a state of suspended animation
- live, but not actively growing
- Heraldry lying down in a sleeping position: a lion dormant
Related Forms:
- dormancy noun
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