a. [ad. L. latēscent-em, pr. pple. of latēscĕre, inceptive of latēre to be hid.] Becoming latent, hidden or obscure. So Latescence, latescent condition or quality.
1836–7. Sir 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.
