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.†
Chpt 1
- Even so, it was a hard fight, and it aroused the last latent remnants of Buck's ferocity.
Chpt 7 *latent = potentially existing but not presently evident or active
Definition:
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(latent) potentially existing but not presently evident or active