Dormant
Dormant adjective - Not being in a state of use, activity, or employment.
Usage example: the engine lay dormant in the garage until we found a use for it
Nearby Word: dormancy
Living
Living adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: a living culture that has survived a number of foreign invasions
Both words in one sentence
- Elizabeth II was made a CI in 1947, the year it went dormant; she is the last living member.
Source: Useful Notes / Knight Fever -
There's also Steven's...technical mother, who is probably either dormant inside her/Steven's gem, living on somehow as Lion, or as dead as she seems to be.
Source: Has Two Mommies - The dragons died out before the start of the series, with only a few dormant eggs left behind, and no living dragons = very limited magic.
Source: Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
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