Both Uses of
tacit
in
Emma
- He had only himself to please in his choice: his fortune was his own; for as to Frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle's heir, it had become so avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of Churchill on coming of age.†
Chpt 1.1-2 *
- Can you seriously ask me, Harriet, whether I imagined him attached to another woman at the very time that I was—tacitly, if not openly— encouraging you to give way to your own feelings?†
Chpt 3.11-12
Definition:
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(tacit) implied or understood, but not expressed directly