swound
/swaʊnd/
noun
- An old word meaning a fainting spell or a state of unconsciousness (variant of 'swoun').
- The queen fell into a swound at the shocking revelation.
- The poet wrote of a lover's swound brought on by grief.
- He lay in a swound for several minutes before waking.
verb
- To faint or lose consciousness (archaic, variant of 'swoun').
- She swounded when she heard the terrible news.
- Many in the crowd swounded from the intense heat.
- He swounded and fell to the ground.
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