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Webster 1913 Edition

Fainting

Faint′ing

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Noun.
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
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a fainting or swoon; syncope.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Fainting

FA'INTING

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ppr.
Falling into a swoon; failing; losing strength or courage; becoming feeble or timid.

FA'INTING

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Noun.
A temporary loss of strength, color and respiration; syncope; deliquium; leipothymy; a swoon.

Definition 2024

fainting

fainting

English

Noun

fainting ‎(plural faintings)

  1. An act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness.

Translations

Verb

fainting

  1. present participle of faint

Pronunciation

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