Adjective
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inactive but capable of becoming active
"her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
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lying with head on paws as if sleeping
- dormant(ip) -
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
"a dormant volcano"
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in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
"dormant buds"
"a hibernating bear"
"torpid frogs"