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"Section F, G and H"


If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy
strength is small.
Prov. xxiv. 10.


3. To decay; to disappear; to
vanish.


Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint
before the eye.
Pope.


Faint (?), v. t. To cause to faint
or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
[Obs.]


It faints me to think what
follows.
Shak.


Faint"-heart`ed (?), a. Wanting in
courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened;
cowardly; timorous; dejected.


Fear not, neither be faint-
hearted
.
Is. vii. 4.


-- Faint"-heart`ed*ly, adv. --
Faint"-heart`ed*ness, n.


Faint"ing (?), n. Syncope, or loss
of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the
brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the
heat's beat weak.


Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon;
syncope.


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