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FAIN
Biblical
Fortress; enclosed; sling. Let the faint be alienated.
Boy/Male
Polynesian
To confront.
Girl/Female
Irish
Free.
Boy/Male
English
Good-natured.
Girl/Female
Arabic
With Beautiful Long Hair
Boy/Male
Scottish
From the sheep pen.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Joyful
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’.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Joyful; Good-natured
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
Christian, French, Gujarati, Indian
Fairy; Crown or Garland; Shining; Light; Glowing
Girl/Female
British, English
Fine; Gentle
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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.
n.
A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
n.
The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.
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.
n.
Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.
n.
The faintest and palest green.
superl.
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
a.
Slightly faint; somewhat faint.
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.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Faint
imp. & p. p.
of Faint
n.
Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
v. t.
To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
n.
Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
adv.
In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.
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.
superl.
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."