Both Uses of
latent
in
Native Son
- Because he could go now, run off if he wanted to and leave it all behind, he felt a certain sense of power, a power born of a latent capacity to live.†
Book 2
- Who, then, fanned this latent hate into fury?
Book 3 *latent = potentially existing but not presently evident or active
Definition:
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(latent) potentially existing but not presently evident or active