See Also: Dormant(medicine)
dormant(dictionary)
dormant(dictionary)
DORMANT PARTNER(law)

dormant (iou)



dormant adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, pres. pple of dormir from Latin dormire to sleep: see -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Fixed in position. Chiefly in dormant table, dormant tree. LME.
dormant tree a fixed horizontal beam; a sleeper.
In a state of rest; not in operation; in abeyance; latent. LME.
dormant partner = sleeping partner s.v. SLEEPING ppl adjective. warrant dormant: see WARRANT noun1 8.
T. H. Huxley Many volcanoes..are merely dormant. Times The main clearing banks will not disclose how much is lying in dormant accounts. A. Brookner That fear that lies dormant even in the strongest heart.
b. Of an animal: with animation suspended. Of a plant or seed: with development suspended. L18.
Heraldry. Of an animal: lying with its head resting on its paws and its eyes closed. Usu. postpositive. E16.
Sleeping; lying as in sleep; intellectually inactive. E17.
dormant window, a dormer window. M17.
b. noun.
= dormant tree above. LME-M17.
= dormant window above. E18.