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latens

latens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laten.

Meaning of laten

Verb

laten (third-person singular simple present latens, present participle latening, simple past and past participle latened)

  1. (intransitive) To grow late; become later.
    • The afternoon was latening, but there was, I think, a quietly commemorative glow from the west.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London: Faber and Faber, page 142 (Faber Paper 1972 edition)

Questions about latens

What is latens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Latens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laten.

Words near latens in the dictionary

  1. latened
  2. lateness
  3. latenesses
  4. latenight
  5. latening
  6. latens
  7. latensification
  8. latensifications
  9. latent
  10. latent fingerprint
  11. latent fingerprints

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