[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

faint \faint\, v. i. imp.  p. p. fainted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   fainting.
   1. to become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to
      lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or
      mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. see
      fainting, n.
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            hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.
                                                  --guardian.
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            if i send them away fasting . . . they will faint by
            the way.                              --mark viii.
                                                  8.
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   2. to sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to
      become depressed or despondent.
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            if thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength
            is small.                             --prov. xxiv.
                                                  10.
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   3. to decay; to disappear; to vanish.
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            gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before
            the eye.                              --pope.
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