Both Uses of
subside
in
The Age of Innocence
- Mrs. Lovell Mingott had the high colour and glassy stare induced in ladies of her age and habit by the effort of getting into a new dress; but once the disappointment occasioned by her mother-in-law's non-appearance had subsided, it was agreed that her black Chantilly over lilac satin, with a bonnet of Parma violets, formed the happiest contrast to Mrs. Welland's blue and plum-colour.†
Chpt 19
- Her tone was so natural, so almost indifferent, that Archer's turmoil subsided.†
Chpt 29 *
Definition:
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(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely