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latescent, a.|leɪˈtɛsənt| [ad. L. latēscent-em, pr. pple. of latēscĕre, inceptive of latēre to be hid.] Becoming latent, hidden, or obscure. So laˈtescence, latescent condition or quality.
1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xxx. (1859) II. 215 This obscuration can be conceived in every infinite degree, between incipient latescence and irrecoverable latency. Ibid. xxxii. II. 251 The under play of the latescent activities. |