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
Scars of such ulcers may be found post mortem, although no symptoms of gastric disease have been exhibited during life; gastric ulcers, therefore, may be latent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
It had to be latent opinion, however, for the names of most of the congregation stood in the big books in Fergus Teeman's shop.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
These qualities may be latent in Lincoln, but do not yet come to daylight.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
