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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {Fainting fit}, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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