GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Faint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fainting.]
   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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   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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   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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   Fainting , 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.
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   Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.]
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