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Definition of Fainter
1. one that faints [n -S] - See also: faints
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fainter
Literary usage of Fainter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza by Benedictus de Spinoza, Robert Harvey Monro Elwes (1891)
"'Xlll. Emotion towards a tiling contingent, which we know not to exist in the
present, is, other conditions being equal, fainter than an emotion towards a ..."
2. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... grew fainter in the distance—the cab melted into the black shadows on the
road—the woman in white was gone. Ten minutes, or more, had passed. ..."
3. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1872)
"You may have what's in the log, and /'ll take the basket! " " Help ! ho ! 1 'm
killed l" said the voice, growing fainter and fainter. " And buried ! ..."
4. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"... generally broader, but much fainter than the others. He has never perceived
much change in the form or position of the belts during the same season, ..."
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