1
[ verb ] be inactive, as if asleep

Examples

"His work lay dormant for many years"

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Those persons who were lucky enough to see and hear the performance of his work at the Brest-Silevniov_Festival in August , 1916 , will certainly welcome his return to public notice ; and it is not unlikely that , even as the great Bach lay_dormant for so many years , so has the erudite , ingenious SalFininistas passed_through his `` purgatory '' of neglect .

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