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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; <as>as, a <ex>faint</ex> color, or sound</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; <as>as, <ex>faint</ex> efforts; <ex>faint</ex> resistance.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>faint</b> prosecution of the war. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Faint</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Faint</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. <mark>[R.]</mark> See <er>Fainting</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<blockquote>The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her <b>faint</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Faint</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fainted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fainting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <i>away</i>. See <er>Fainting</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<blockquote>Hearing the honor intended her, she <b>fainted</b> away. <i>Guardian.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If I send them away fasting . . . they will <b>faint</b> by the way. <i>Mark viii. 8.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.</def>

<blockquote>If thou <b>faint</b> in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. <i>Prov. xxiv. 10.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To decay; to disappear; to vanish.</def>

<blockquote>Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, <b>faint</b> before the eye. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Faint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It <b>faints</b> me to think what follows. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fainthearted</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faint"*heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.</def>

<blockquote>Fear not, neither be <b>faint-hearted</b>. <i>Is. vii. 4.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Faint"*heart`ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Faint"*heart`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fainting</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faint"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Fainting fit</col>, <cd>a fainting or swoon; syncope. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Faintish</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faint"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Slightly faint; somewhat faint.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Faint"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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