From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.
--Guardian.
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If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by
the way. --Mark viii.
8.
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2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to
become depressed or despondent.
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If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength
is small. --Prov. xxiv.
10.
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3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
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Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before
the eye. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.]
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