'Fainting' definitions:
Definition of 'Fainting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away. --Guardian. [1913 Webster]
- If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way. --Mark viii. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. [1913 Webster]
- If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. --Prov. xxiv. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish. [1913 Webster]
- Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fainting'
From: GCIDE
- Fainting \Faint"ing\, n. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]