Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dormant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Partner \Part"ner\, n. [For parcener, influenced by part.]
1. One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker;
an associate; a sharer. ``Partner of his fortune.''
--Shak. Hence:
(a) A husband or a wife.
(b) Either one of a couple who dance together.
(c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the
management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.
My other self, the partner of my life. --Milton.
2. (Law) An associate in any business or occupation; a member
of a partnership. See {Partnership}.
3. pl. (Naut.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an
opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a
mast, pump, capstan, or the like.
{Dormant}, or {Silent}, {partner}. See under {Dormant}, a.
Syn: Associate; colleague; coadjutor; confederate; partaker;
participator; companion; comrade; mate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dormant \Dor"mant\, a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L.
dormire; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. dr[=a], OSlav. dr?mati.]
1. 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.
It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . .
very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals
upon a people. --Burke.
2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; --
distinguished from {couchant}.
{Dormant partner} (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the
active business of a company or partnership, but is
entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share
in losses; -- called also {sleeping or silent partner}.
{Dormant window} (Arch.), a dormer window. See {Dormer}.
{Table dormant}, a stationary table. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.)
A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of
the other timbers rest or `` sleep.'' --Arch. Pub. Soc. --
Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and
{dormer}. --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dormant
adj 1: (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended
animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear";
"torpid frogs" [syn: {hibernating(a)}, {torpid}]
2: of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"
[syn: {inactive}] [ant: {extinct}, {active}]
3: (heraldry) lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: {dormant(ip)},
{sleeping}]
4: not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of
affection are dormant but easily awakened"
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