Meanings
verbfainten (third-person singular simple present faintens, present participle faintening, simple past and past participle faintened)
present singular third person faintens · participle present faintening · participle past faintened · past faintened
- ambitransitiveTo 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
Origin
From faint + -en (verbal suffix).
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APA
fainten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainten
MLA
“fainten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainten. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fainten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainten.
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