All 4 Uses of
relapse
in
Jane Eyre
- I returned it to her; she received it quietly, and without saying anything she was about to relapse into her former studious mood: again I ventured to disturb her "Can you tell me what the writing on that stone over the door means?†
p. 59.8relapse = return to an undesirable previous condition
- She was fast relapsing into stupor; nor did her mind again rally: at twelve o'clock that night she died.†
p. 276.6 *relapsing = returning to an undesirable previous condition
- He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation.†
p. 437.2relapsed = returned to an undesirable previous condition
- He relapsed again into gloom.†
p. 503.1
Definition:
to return to an undesirable previous condition -- especially illness, addiction, or bad behavior