| a. | 1. | Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; |
| 2. | Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; | |
| 3. | Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; | |
| 4. | Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; | |
| n. | 1. | The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, |
| v. i. | 1. | To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; - sometimes with away. See Fainting, |
| 2. | To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. | |
| 3. | To decay; to disappear; to vanish. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. |
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