All 4 Uses of
asylum
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- The porter opened the gates of the court, which had that night been my asylum, and I issued into the streets, pacing them with quick steps, as if I sought to avoid the wretch whom I feared every turning of the street would present to my view.
p. 60.2asylum = refuge or shelter
- It was dawn, and she quitted her asylum, that she might again endeavour to find my brother.
p. 85.2
- No wood, however, was placed on the earth, which formed the floor, but it was dry; and although the wind entered it by innumerable chinks, I found it an agreeable asylum from the snow and rain.
p. 109.3 *
- They found a miserable asylum in the cottage in Germany, where I discovered them.
p. 128.6asylum = refuge or shelter in another country
Definitions:
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(1)
(asylum as in: she sought asylum in...) a shelter from danger or hardship
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(2)
(asylum as in: committed to the asylum) a hospital for the mentally ill