Swoon /(?)/

Swoon

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Swooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooning

  1. To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.
    The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
    — Lam. ii. 11.
    The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain.
    He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.
    — Tatler.

Swoon

n.
  1. A fainting fit; syncope.