latentizev.
/ˈleɪt(ə)ntʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈleɪtnˌtaɪz/ Now rare.
transitive. To make latent; to cause to be hidden, etc.
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1860 Vulcanite Nov. 89 The Earth's crust, whose formation latentized so much heat in the process of crystallization.
1880 A. Walker Sci. & Relig. Jrnl. Feb. 76 Taking up the mechanism of the human body, the mind itself, emotion, intellect, will and all their phenomena, and latentizing them in a fire cloud.
1902 Jrnl. Childhood & Adolescence July 196 It [sc. food] also supplies force which shall be used in the future. Some of that force is quietly latentized—reproductive forces latentized.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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