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(<i>superl.</i>) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.<p>2. (<i>superl.</i>) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.<p>3. (<i>superl.</i>) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.<p>4. (<i>superl.</i>) Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.<p>5. (<i>n.</i>) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.<p>6. (<i>v. i.</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.<p>7. (<i>n.</i>) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.<p>8. (<i>n.</i>) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.<p>9. 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