Both Uses of
latent
in
The Call of the Wild
- The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
p. 18.1latent = potentially existing but not presently evident
- Even so, it was a hard fight, and it aroused the last latent remnants of Buck's ferocity.
p. 165.2 *latent = potentially existing but not presently active
Definition:
potentially existing but not presently evident or active