All 3 Uses of
subside
in
Great Expectations
- I were at the Bargemen t'other night, Pip;"—whenever he subsided into affection, he called me Pip, and whenever he relapsed into politeness he called me sir; "when there come up in his shay-cart, Pumblechook.†
Chpt 27 *
- His uneasiness increasing instead of subsiding, after a quarter of an hour's consideration, he set off for the coach-office with Startop, who volunteered his company, to make inquiry when the next coach went down.†
Chpt 53
- As the days went on, I noticed more and more that he would lie placidly looking at the white ceiling, with an absence of light in his face until some word of mine brightened it for an instant, and then it would subside again.†
Chpt 56
Definition:
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(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely