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Definition of Swound
1. v. & n. See Swoon,
Definition of Swound
1. Noun. (archaic) : (non-gloss definition alternative form of swoon) ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) : (non-gloss definition alternative form of swoon) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swound
1. to swoon [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: swoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swound
Literary usage of Swound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Pray, bring a little sneezing powder in your pocket, For I fear I swound when I
see blood ... now swoon, as in the verb: see swound, г.] А swoon. Coleridge. ..."
2. Love's Labor's Lost by William Shakespeare (2001)
"ND II, ii, 1 60, and in As You Like It, V, ii, 29, whereas in III, v, 19, of the
latter play it is spelled ' swound,' and in IV, iii, 1 66, 'swoon. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Pray, bring a little sneezing powder in your pocket, For I fear I swound when I
see blood ... now swoon, as in the verb: see swound, г.] А swoon. Coleridge. ..."
4. Love's Labor's Lost by William Shakespeare (2001)
"ND II, ii, 1 60, and in As You Like It, V, ii, 29, whereas in III, v, 19, of the
latter play it is spelled ' swound,' and in IV, iii, 1 66, 'swoon. ..."
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