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English Dictionary: faint	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faint adj deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" Synonym(s): faint, weak lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" Synonym(s): dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" Synonym(s): faint, feeble weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" Synonym(s): faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea" lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" Synonym(s): faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted n a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain Synonym(s): faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium v pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain Synonym(s): faint, conk, swoon, pass out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faint \Faint\ (f[amac]nt), a. [Compar. {Fainter} (-[etil]r); superl. {Faintest}.] [OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See {Feign}, and cf. {Feint}.] 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, [bd]Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.[b8] --Old Proverb. 3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound. 4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. The faint prosecution of the war. --Sir J. Davies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faint \Faint\, v. t. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.] It faints me to think what follows. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faint \Faint\, n. The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See {Fainting}, n. The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint. --Sir W. Scott.
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.