Dormant

dor'mant, a. Sleeping; not in action; qui- escent; not disclosed, a erted, or insisted on. (Her.) In a sleeping posture. — n. (Arch.) The large beam lying acro a room; a joist; sleeper. [F., p. pr. of dormir, L. dormire, to sleep.] — Dor'mancy, n. State of being dormant. —Dormant partner. (Com.) A partner who takes no share in the active busine , but shares in the profit or lo ; sleeping or silent partner. — Dor'mer D.-win'- dow, n. (Arch.) A vertical window on the inclined roof of a house.— Dor'mitive, -tiv, n. (Med.) A medicine to promote sleep; an opiate, narcotic, soporific—a. Causing sleep.— Dor'- mitory, n. A room or set of rooms for sleeping in; bed-room. [L. dormitorium, dorm it or, a sleeper, donnitare, to sleep, Dormer-window, freq. of dormire.]