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Definition
free or remove from constraint or difficulty
- He could not then hasten to England himself, to extricate you from the snare into which you had fallen, but he implored Mr. Mason to lose no time in taking steps to prevent the false marriage.Chapter 26 (77% in)
- It does good to no woman to be flattered by her superior, who cannot possibly intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and, if discovered and responded to, must lead, ignis-fatus-like, into miry wilds whence there is no extrication.Chapter 16 (89% in)
- I followed with lagging step, and thoughts busily bent on discovering a means of extrication; but he himself looked so composed and so grave also, I became ashamed of feeling any confusion: the evil — if evil existent or prospective there was — seemed to lie with me only; his mind was unconscious and quiet.Chapter 23 (24% in)
- "I do," extricating myself from restraint rapidly and completely.Chapter 27 (77% in)
There are no more uses of "extricate" in Jane Eyre.
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