Definition of faint

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Faint (v. i.) 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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Faintness :: Faintness (n.) Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
Diskless :: Diskless (a.) Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope..
Faints :: Faints (n.pl.) The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil..
Faint :: Faint (superl.) Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance..
Faintness :: Faintness (n.) Want of vigor or energy.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Faintness :: Faintness (n.) The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control..
Faint :: Faint (n.) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n..
Appall :: Appall (v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
Faint :: Faint (v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
Die :: Die (v. i.) To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped..
Evanid :: Evanid (a.) Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color..
Swelt :: Swelt (v. i.) To faint; to swoon.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes..
Glimpse :: Glimpse (n.) A faint idea; an inkling.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Twilight :: Twilight (n.) faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal..
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