All 4 Uses of
relapse
in
Jane Eyre
- I returned it to her; she received it quietly, and without saying anything she was about to relapse into her former studious mood: again I ventured to disturb her — "Can you tell me what the writing on that stone over the door means?†
Chpt 5
- She was fast relapsing into stupor; nor did her mind again rally: at twelve o'clock that night she died.†
Chpt 21 *
- He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation.†
Chpt 33
- He relapsed again into gloom.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(relapse) to return to an undesirable previous condition -- especially illness, addiction, or bad behavior