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swound
swound
/
swaʊnd, swund
/
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[
swound, swoond
]
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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
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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