Swoon (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Swooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Swooning.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for
swo?nien, fr. swo?en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS.
swōgan to sough, sigh; cf. geswōgen
senseless, swooned, geswōwung a swooning. Cf.
Sough.] To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an
apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to
faint; -- often with away.
The sucklings swoon in the streets of the
city.
Lam. ii. 11.
The most in years . . . swooned first away for
pain.
Dryden.
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of
joy.
Tatler.Swoon, n. A fainting fit;
syncope.