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somnambulate definition

som·nam·bu·late (säm nam′byo̵̅o̅ lāt′, səm-)

intransitive verb somnambulated -·lat′ed, somnambulating -·lat′·ing

to get up and move about in a trancelike state while asleep

Etymology: < L somnus, sleep (see Somnus) + ambulatus, pp. of ambulare, to walk: see amble

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