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Faint
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
(2):
(n.) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
(3):
(superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
(4):
(superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
(5):
(superl.) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
(6):
(v. i.) 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.
(7):
(n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
(8):
(n.) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
(9):
(v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Faint'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/faint.html. 1828.
