All 3 Uses of
spurn
in
Jane Eyre
- In the course of the tale I had mentioned Mr. Lloyd as having come to see me after the fit: for I never forgot the, to me, frightful episode of the red-room: in detailing which, my excitement was sure, in some degree, to break bounds; for nothing could soften in my recollection the spasm of agony which clutched my heart when Mrs. Reed spurned my wild supplication for pardon, and locked me a second time in the dark and haunted chamber.†
p. 85.0spurned = rejected as not good enough
- At Lowood, indeed, I took that resolution, kept it, and succeeded in pleasing; but with Mrs. Reed, I remember my best was always spurned with scorn.†
p. 112.9 *
- The first I chose was Celine Varens — another of those steps which make a man spurn himself when he recalls them.†
p. 359.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(spurn) reject as not good enough
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, and archaically, spurn can mean to strike or kick.