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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Swoon \Swoon\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swooning}.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo[?]nien, fr. swo[?]en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw[d3]gan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw[d3]gen senseless, swooned, gesw[d3]wung a swooning. Cf. {Sough}.] To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away. The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. --Lam. ii. 11. The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain. --Dryden. He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy. --Tatler. | |
