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Definition of Fainted
1. faint [v] - See also: faint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fainted
Literary usage of Fainted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"... at every change or any ^™,feof eclipse of the moon he invariably fainted, ...
disc. f As no instance is recorded of his ever having fainted in publie, ..."
2. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"Had' may be subjunctive ; 'I had fainted' is, in construction, analogous to'I
should have fainted '; the word for futurity, ' shall,' not being necessary to ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"IF I'D fainted SUCH A PICTURE, так CRITICS WOULD HATE BKBN AWFULLY DOWN ON MS.
... fainted ..."
4. The Bookman (1907)
"... every nerve in his sensitive temperament was wound up to such a pitch of
excited energy. At the first rehearsal he fainted, and always WILKIE COLLINS ..."
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