Both Uses of
subside
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Here Judge Taylor glanced sharply at the witness and must have decided his speculations devoid of evil intent, for he subsided sleepily.
p. 231..0subsided = became less severe
- Mayella's hostility, which had subsided to grudging neutrality, flared again.
p. 245..5 *subsided = become less severe (or perhaps stopped entirely)
Definition:
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(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely