All 17 Uses of

phase
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Phases of her childhood lurked in her aspect still.†
Chpt 1 *

phases = periods of time or stages during the development of something

TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES — THOMAS HARDY Phase the First: The Maiden I On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore, or Blackmoor.†
Chpt 1

END OF PHASE THE FIRST Phase the Second: Maiden No More XII The basket was heavy and the bundle was large, but she lugged them along like a person who did not find her especial burden in material things.†
Chpt 1

END OF PHASE THE FIRST Phase the Second: Maiden No More XII The basket was heavy and the bundle was large, but she lugged them along like a person who did not find her especial burden in material things.†
Chpt 2

Some people might have cried "Alas, poor Theology!" at the hideous defacement—the last grotesque phase of a creed which had served mankind well in its time.†
Chpt 2

END OF PHASE THE SECOND Phase the Third: The Rally XVI On a thyme-scented, bird-hatching morning in May, between two and three years after the return from Trantridge—silent, reconstructive years for Tess Durbeyfield—she left her home for the second time.†
Chpt 2

END OF PHASE THE SECOND Phase the Third: The Rally XVI On a thyme-scented, bird-hatching morning in May, between two and three years after the return from Trantridge—silent, reconstructive years for Tess Durbeyfield—she left her home for the second time.†
Chpt 3

END OF PHASE THE THIRD Phase the Fourth: The Consequence XXV Clare, restless, went out into the dusk when evening drew on, she who had won him having retired to her chamber.†
Chpt 3

END OF PHASE THE THIRD Phase the Fourth: The Consequence XXV Clare, restless, went out into the dusk when evening drew on, she who had won him having retired to her chamber.†
Chpt 4

END OF PHASE THE FOURTH Phase the Fifth: The Woman Pays XXXV Her narrative ended; even its re-assertions and secondary explanations were done.†
Chpt 4

END OF PHASE THE FOURTH Phase the Fifth: The Woman Pays XXXV Her narrative ended; even its re-assertions and secondary explanations were done.†
Chpt 5

To her relief, he unresistingly acquiesced; her words had apparently thrown him back into his dream, which thenceforward seemed to enter on a new phase, wherein he fancied she had risen as a spirit, and was leading him to Heaven.†
Chpt 5

END OF PHASE THE FIFTH Phase the Sixth: The Convert XLV Till this moment she had never seen or heard from d'Urberville since her departure from Trantridge.†
Chpt 5

END OF PHASE THE FIFTH Phase the Sixth: The Convert XLV Till this moment she had never seen or heard from d'Urberville since her departure from Trantridge.†
Chpt 6

Tess did not explain very clearly its results, and Izz, who was a girl of tact, began to speak of her own little affair, a phase of which Tess had just witnessed.†
Chpt 6

END OF PHASE THE SIXTH Phase the Seventh: Fulfilment LIII It was evening at Emminster Vicarage.†
Chpt 6

END OF PHASE THE SIXTH Phase the Seventh: Fulfilment LIII It was evening at Emminster Vicarage.†
Chpt 7

Definitions:

(1) (phase as in: a critical phase)
a period of time or a stage during the development of something
(2) (phase as in: she's going through a phase)
a period of time when someone exhibits unusual behavior
(3) (phase as in: phased out over three years)
make a change gradually (phase in = gradually add; phase out = gradually removed)
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

More specialized and less common senses of the word are found in astronomy, physics, chemistry, and zoology. Consult a comprehensive dictionary if you wish to see those. All senses have to do with stages or periods of time.