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- [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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
fainted fainting
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fainting \faint"ing\, n.
syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of
the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the
respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.
1913 webster
fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. colloq.
1913 webster
see also:
fainting fit
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