The word dormant is an adjective. Dormant means to be inactive or asleep.
The word 'dormant' does not occur in the KJV Bible.
The seeds are dormant but alive.
The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
The word dormant is said in the Latin language as sopita. This word is said in Italian as inattivo and in Spanish as latente.
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"Estivate" is to pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state.
To hibernate is to enter an inactive or dormant state.
dormant
It is not true that a dormant volcano is erupting. If it's erupting, it's by definition not dormant. It has pretty much always been, and will pretty much always be, true that a dormant volcano may erupt in the near future.
Dormant
Active.