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
It can be cultivated by training, but the "germ" must be latent within the individual, in order that its development may be possible at all.
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward
V. be latent &c. adj.; lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign; escape observation, escape detection, escape recognition; lie hid &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
He began to feel that there might be latent power in them.
From Ester Ried Yet Speaking by Pansy
