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Fainted

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.

    Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.
    --Guardian.

    If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way.
    --Mark viii. 8.

  2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

    If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
    --Prov. xxiv. 10.

  3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

    Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.
    --Pope.

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fainted

vb. (en-past of: faint)

Usage examples of "fainted".

In fact, except for when she'd practically fainted into his arms when she woke up, he hadn't touched her at all.

She screamed and screamed again at the second horrific stab of pain, then fainted for the first time in her life.

She fainted after' not during, and regained consciousness while he was fixing the last of the bandages into place around the splints.

He even took his worry to MasterHealer Ginia, when Maizella told him his mother had fainted after one intense rehearsal prior to the Spring Equinox Gather at Fort.

It was small consolation that she neither wept nor fainted, being a quiet and brave little person.

And Brekke fainted, mind and body overtaxed by an effort which had saved two lives.

She nearly fainted when Alemi informed her, as gently as possible, of the recent ordeal her son had come through so magnificently.

She gave him a helpless, confused look, then fainted for the first time not only in her pregnancy, but in her entire life.

The fill-in secretary said that Sam told her I'd fainted and wouldn't be working today.

She hadn’t fainted, but neither had she been aware of anything else but him.

After she had almost fainted in his office, he apparently wasn't taking any chances.

Once he had fainted but when they revived him he was still muttering figures.

Winkle with natural hesitation, 'and the plaintiff appeared to have fainted away.

I’d feel terrible if she fainted at my feet because I hadn’t thought to feed her.

She had fainted at the telegraph office and Rhett, passing by and observing the excitement, had escorted her home.