Both Uses
latent
in
Ethan Frome
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- The sight made him unhappy, and his unhappiness roused his latent fears.
Chpt 1 *latent = potentially existing but not presently evident or active
- "Yes, but, you see, she never meant it should be used, not even when there was company; and I had to get up on the step-ladder to reach it down from the top shelf of the china-closet, where she keeps it with all her best things, and of course she'll want to know why I did it—" The case was so serious that it called forth all of Ethan's latent resolution.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(latent) potentially existing but not presently evident or active
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)