Afaint
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 fainting archaic, not-comparable, poetic
"When, kneeling as she was, her limbs / Refused to bear her, and she fell afaint / From weariness and striving to become / A holy woman, all her splendid length / Upon the ground […]"
Example
More examples"When, kneeling as she was, her limbs / Refused to bear her, and she fell afaint / From weariness and striving to become / A holy woman, all her splendid length / Upon the ground […]"
Etymology
From a- + faint.
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