Both Uses of
stagnate
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Mentally she remained in utter stagnation, a condition which the mechanical occupation rather fostered than checked.†
Chpt 5 *stagnation = lack of development or movement
- The drops of logic Tess had let fall into the sea of his enthusiasm served to chill its effervescence to stagnation.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
staying still or not developing