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faintened

faintened is the simple past and past participle of fainten.

Meaning of fainten

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

Questions about faintened

What is faintened the simple past and past participle of?
Faintened is the simple past and past participle of fainten.

Words near faintened in the dictionary

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

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