Swoon /(?)/
Swoon
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Swooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooning
-
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.
The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain.
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.
Swoon
n.
- A fainting fit; syncope.