be latent
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Ben thought the sightings might also be latent memories of the summer he’d spent with Mike in London.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2013
The Du Ponts rushed work on a plant at Clinchfield, W. Va., for research toward other revolutionary discoveries besides "synthol" thought to be latent in the new formulae.
From Time Magazine Archive
This may seem a flat conclusion; but in view of the last five years, may there not be latent significance in it?
From Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War by Melville, Herman
As for his knowledge of English, it must be latent, for he always falls back upon his own vernacular for purposes of conversation.
From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton
Hotness can not be latent, as the clown finds when he pockets the poker.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
