faintedadj.
/ˈfeɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfeɪn(t)ᵻd/ΚΠ
c1500 Melusine (1895) 140 By one only Cowarde & feynted herte is sometyme lefte & loste al a hoole werke.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) liii. 180 A! false faynted hert.
1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth 104 Why doth none of his gallant nobles reuive the faynted courage of their Lorde with a new cuppe?
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1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 35 So reviving to the fainted Common-wealth.
c. Fallen into a swoon. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [adjective] > fainting or in a swoon
swownc1000
deadc1369
swoonc1450
swounding1570
deficient1608
tranced1608
sounding1621
swooning1646
fainted1847
to go out like a light1909
1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 32 There she lies, not fainted..but like a somnambule.
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adj.c1500