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fainten

fainten verb: to make or become faint.

Verb

fainten (third-person singular simple present faintens, present participle faintening, simple past and past participle faintened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become faint.
    • Thou wilt not be, either so little absent as not to whet our appetites, nor so long as to fainten the heart.1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, The Works of Joseph Hall

Forms of fainten

third-person singular presentfaintens
present participlefaintening
past participlefaintened
pastfaintened

Origin of fainten

From faint + -en (verbal suffix).

Questions about fainten

What does fainten mean?
Fainten means to make or become faint.
What part of speech is fainten?
Fainten is a verb.
What is the past tense of fainten?
The past tense of fainten is faintened.

Words near fainten in the dictionary

  1. faint-heartedness
  2. faint-hearts
  3. fainted
  4. faintee
  5. faintees
  6. fainten
  7. faintened
  8. faintening
  9. faintens
  10. fainter
  11. fainters

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