Both Uses of
latent
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- Not a latent echo in the house, not a squeak and scuffle from the mice behind the panelling, not a drip from the half-thawed water-spout in the dull yard behind, not a sigh among the leafless boughs of one despondent poplar, not the idle swinging of an empty store-house door, no, not a clicking in the fire, but fell upon the heart of Scrooge with a softening influence, and gave a freer passage to his tears.
p. 37.6latent = unheard but existing
- But nothing doubting that they had some latent moral for his own improvement, he resolved to treasure up every word he heard, and everything he saw;
p. 97.8 *latent = existing but not presently active
Definition:
potentially existing but not presently evident or active