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
The power which comes forth and stirs abroad in the bird, must be latent in the egg.
From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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
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
