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  • 11syncope — n. 1. (Gram.) Elision (in the middle of a word). 2. (Med.) Swoon, fainting, fainting fit …

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  • 12swoon — I. v. n. Faint, faint away. II. n. Syncope, fainting, fainting fit …

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  • 13swoon — v. & n. literary v.intr. faint; fall into a fainting fit. n. an occurrence of fainting. Etymology: ME swoune perh. back form. f. swogning (n.) f. iswogen f. OE geswogen overcome …

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  • 14Swoon — Swoon, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swooning}.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo?nien, fr. swo?en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw[=o]gan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw[=o]gen senseless, swooned, gesw[=o]wung a swooning. Cf.… …

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  • 15Swoon — Swoon, n. A fainting fit; syncope. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16Swooned — Swoon Swoon, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swooning}.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo?nien, fr. swo?en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw[=o]gan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw[=o]gen senseless, swooned, gesw[=o]wung a swooning. Cf.… …

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  • 17Swooning — Swoon Swoon, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swooning}.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo?nien, fr. swo?en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw[=o]gan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw[=o]gen senseless, swooned, gesw[=o]wung a swooning. Cf.… …

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  • 18Elizabeth of Russia — For women with similar names, see Empress Elisabeth (disambiguation) and Elizabeth of Russia (disambiguation). Elizabeth Portrait painted by Charles va …

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  • 19Morning Departure — is a 1950 British naval film directed by Roy Ward Baker, produced by Jay Lewis, and starring John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Peter Hammond, George Cole, Bernard Lee and Richard Attenborough. It is based on a stage play of the same name by Kenneth… …

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  • 20swoon — swooningly, adv. /swoohn/, v.i. 1. to faint; lose consciousness. 2. to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy: The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star. n. 3. a faint or fainting fit; syncope. [1250 1300; (v.) ME swo(w)nen… …

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