All 5 Uses of
relapse
in
David Copperfield
- When I had taken this commission on myself prospectively, Mr. Barkis relapsed into perfect silence; and I, feeling quite worn out by all that had happened lately, lay down on a sack in the cart and fell asleep.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- Besides which, she is so charmingly ugly,' relapsing into languor.†
Chpt 34-36
- Thinking that my aunt might have relapsed into one of her old alarms, and might be watching the progress of some imaginary conflagration in the distance, I went to speak to her.†
Chpt 46-48
- He occasionally made an attempt to smarten himself, and hum the fag-end of a tune; but his relapses into profound melancholy were only made the more impressive by the mockery of a hat exceedingly on one side, and a shirt-collar pulled up to his eyes.†
Chpt 49-51
- 'You wouldn't relapse, if you were going out?' asked somebody else.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(relapse) to return to an undesirable previous condition -- especially illness, addiction, or bad behavior