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
Every man of us has all the centuries in him, though their operations be latent, dim, and very various; in his case the roots were as unmistakeable as the leafage, the blossom, and the fruits.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
If such an ideal be latent in the nature of man, it brings the order of the universe over to his side.
From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir
If the heavenly light be latent, It can need no earthly patent.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
