latitant

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Adjective

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latitant (comparative more latitant, superlative most latitant)

  1. (archaic) Lying hidden; concealed; latent.
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 68:
      " [] it must be the Modus of some other Substance latitant in the fluid Matter, and really distinguishable from it; which is either the Soul, or some seminal Form or Archeus, as the Chymist calls it [] "

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Verb

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latitant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of latitō