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somnambulate

American

[som-nam-byuh-leyt, suhm-] / sɒmˈnæm byəˌleɪt, səm- /

verb (used without object)

somnambulated, somnambulating

to walk during sleep; engage in sleepwalking.

somnambulate British

/ sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌleɪt /

verb

(intr) to walk while asleep

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Other Word Forms

somnambulance noun
somnambulant adjective
somnambulation noun
somnambulator noun

Etymology

Origin of somnambulate

First recorded in 1825–35; somn(i-) ( def. ) + ambulate

Example Sentences

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And so let him somnambulate yonder, till the two Queens, like winged Psyches, one after the other, manage to emerge from him.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 by Carlyle, Thomas

"I'm a somnambulist, only I somnambulate faster than most people."

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles

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