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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A silence that was like a swound fell on the instant, and the light within went out at a puff.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
I conceited I was just goin' to swound; and he looked sa straight at me, like a ghost.”
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
An' that's what's the matter with Rayburn, an' made him swound away.
From The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
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 Thomas Hardy
Ole Abe Pike has swound away once, and that was the time.
From Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville
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