[1743] dormant

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adj.

1. Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive.
2. Latent but capable of being activated: “a harrowing experience which... lay dormant but still menacing” (Charles Jackson).
3. Temporarily quiescent: a dormant volcano. See Synonyms at inactive. See Synonyms at latent.
4. In a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes.

dormant

adj 1: of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano" [syn: inactive] [ant: extinct, active]

2: lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: dormant(ip), sleeping]

3: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn: hibernating(a), torpid]

4: not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

Synonyms: inactive, idle, inert, passive, dormant, torpid, supine
These adjectives mean not involved in or disposed to movement or activity.

Inactive simply indicates absence of activity: retired but not inactive; an inactive factory.

Idle refers to persons who are not doing anything or are not busy: employees idle because of the strike. It also refers to what is not in use or operation: idle machinery.

Inert describes things powerless to move themselves or to produce a desired effect; applied to persons, it implies lethargy or sluggishness, especially of mind or spirit: “The Honorable Mrs. Jamieson... was fat and inert, and very much at the mercy of her old servants” (Elizabeth C. Gaskell).

Passive implies being reactive instead of proactive: “in an hour like this, when the mind has a passive sensibility, but no active strength” (Nathaniel Hawthorne).

Dormant refers principally to a state of suspended activity but often implies the possibility of renewal: dormant feelings of affection.

Torpid suggests sluggishness or apathy: “It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age” (Samuel Johnson).

Supine implies abject lack of will: “No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried” (Theodore Roosevelt).

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