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
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
Unused, any organ will atrophy, and so their capacity for sympathy may be latent and not easily roused.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
For with the feeling of firmness that accompany it you will gain some knowledge of inherent power, and will arouse now any pride or dignity that may be latent in your nature.
From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by Coffman, C. J.
