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Bible Dictionaries
Dormant
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.
(2):
(a.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; - distinguished from couchant.
(3):
(a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dormant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dormant.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dormant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dormant.html. 1828.
