The indirect technique involves the use of general public or individuals to influence the government for the interest group. Interest groups will try to generate a âgroundswellâ of support through mass mailing and advertising.
slumber-a dormant or quiescent state. dormancy, quiescence, quiescency-a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy.
FÃ©lix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire IllustrÃ© Latin-FranÃ§ais, Paris: Hachette, s.v. âsomnusâ. Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co. to lay oneself down to slee: somno or quieti se tradere. to be unable to sleep: somnum capere non posse. I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt. I haven't had a wink of sleep: somnum oculis meis non vidi (Fam. 7. 30) to fall fast asleep: artus somnus aliquem complectitur (Rep. 6. 10) to be overcome by sleep: somno captum, oppressum esse.