Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

latitans

, pr. of

latitare

to lie hid, to lurk, v. intens. fr.

latere

to be hid: cf. F.

latitant

Lying hid; concealed; latent.

[R.]

Adj.

Lurking; lying hid; concealed.

[These words are rarely used. See latent.]

latitant ‎(comparative more latitant, superlative most latitant)

(archaic) Lying hid; 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 […] "

latitant