Both Uses of
discriminate
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- He was at the brightest period of masculine growth, for his intellect and his emotions were clearly separated: he had passed the time during which the influence of youth indiscriminately mingles them in the character of impulse, and he had not yet arrived at the stage wherein they become united again, in the character of prejudice, by the influence of a wife and family.†
Chpt 1-3
- "But I would go now," said Liddy, who was going with her; for Boldwood had been indiscriminate in his invitations.†
Chpt 52-54 *
Definition:
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(discriminate as in: discriminating taste) to recognize or perceive differences -- especially fine distinctions