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faintening

faintening is the present participle and gerund 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 faintening

What is faintening the present participle and gerund of?
Faintening is the present participle and gerund of fainten.

Words near faintening in the dictionary

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

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