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swound

[swound, swoond]

swound

[swound, swoond]
verb (used without object), noun Archaic.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English swounde (v.), variant (with excrescent d) of swoune to swoon
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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
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swound (swaʊnd)
 
n, —vb
an archaic or dialect word for swoon

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