"somnambulize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: somnambulizes [present, singular, third-person], somnambulizing [participle, present], somnambulized [participle, past], somnambulized [past]
Etymology: From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulo (“I walk”), + -ize. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|somnus||sleep}} Latin somnus (“sleep”), {{m|la|ambulo||I walk}} ambulo (“I walk”), {{suffix|en||ize}} + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} somnambulize (third-person singular simple present somnambulizes, present participle somnambulizing, simple past and past participle somnambulized)
  1. To sleepwalk; to somnambulate.
    Sense id: en-somnambulize-en-verb-2AAhB5lO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 67 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 65 35
  2. To put into a sleeplike or trancelike state.
    Sense id: en-somnambulize-en-verb-Nxc9uIVB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: somnambulise

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