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swound
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swoond
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swound
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swaʊnd
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swund
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swound
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verb (used without object),
noun
Archaic
.
swoon.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
swounde
(v.), variant (with excrescent
d
) of
swoune
to
swoon
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swound
(swaʊnd)
—
n
, —
vb
an archaic or dialect word for
swoon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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