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FAIN
Boy/Male
Polynesian
To confront.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Joyful
Biblical
Fortress; enclosed; sling. Let the faint be alienated.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : habitational name from any of various places in France, deriving their names mostly from Old French fain ‘swamp’, but Latin fanum ‘temple’ is also a source in some cases.English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Female
Russian
(Фаина) Russian name FAINA means "light."Â
Girl/Female
Irish
Free.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.Czech (MedlÃn) : derivative of Medla, a name of uncertain origin; perhaps a nickname from mdlý ‘faint’, or an occupational name for a brewer or seller of mead from med ‘honey’, ‘mead’.
Girl/Female
British, English
Fine; Gentle
Boy/Male
English
Good-natured.
Girl/Female
Christian, French, Gujarati, Indian
Fairy; Crown or Garland; Shining; Light; Glowing
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Joyful; Good-natured
Girl/Female
Arabic
With Beautiful Long Hair
Boy/Male
Scottish
From the sheep pen.
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Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Of Jungle; Perfume; Fragrant Earth
Biblical
who wanders
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Saraswati
Boy/Male
Tamil
Poet
Boy/Male
Tamil
Complete
Girl/Female
British, English, Latin
Laurel Tree; Sweet Bay Tree
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Good of the Faith
Boy/Male
English American
Stony field; lives by the stony grove.
Girl/Female
Australian, Italian
High Tower; Woman from Magdala
Boy/Male
Indian
Ivy
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n.pl.
The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.
n.
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Faint
n.
Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
v. i.
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, n.
superl.
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
v. t.
To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
superl.
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
n.
The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
imp. & p. p.
of Faint
n.
Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.
n.
A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
adv.
In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.
n.
Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
n.
The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.
a.
Slightly faint; somewhat faint.
superl.
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
superl.
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
n.
The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
n.
The faintest and palest green.