swound
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of swound
1400–50; late Middle English swounde (v.), variant (with excrescent d ) of swoune to swoon
Example Sentences
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Then the prisoner was removed, and, so far as I saw, he was in a swound, and the Court broke up.
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)
The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound.
From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Now at these strange voices sounding from under the cloth Hannah was thunderstruck a’most into a swound; and it was just at this time that the horse moved on.
From Life's Little Ironies by Hardy, Thomas
I conceited I was just goin' to swound; and he looked sa straight at me, like a ghost.”
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
But soft I pray you: what, did Caesar swound?
From Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, William
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