All 3 Uses
impetus
in
Jane Eyre
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- I saw that in another moment, and with one impetus of frenzy more, I should be able to do nothing with him.†
p. 349.2 *
- You will see what impetus would be given to your efforts and mine by our physical and mental union in marriage: the only union that gives a character of permanent conformity to the destinies and designs of human beings; and, passing over all minor caprices —all trivial difficulties and delicacies of feeling — all scruple about the degree, kind, strength or tenderness of mere personal inclination — you will hasten to enter into that union at once.†
p. 469.6
- I felt veneration for St. John — veneration so strong that its impetus thrust me at once to the point I had so long shunned.†
p. 482.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(impetus) a force that causes something or helps it move
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)