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verb · intransitive

fainten

fainten · faintens · faintened · faintening

To make or become faintTo make or become faint.

Meaning

1 senses

To make or become faint.

Origin

From faint + -en (verbal suffix).

From faint + -en (verbal suffix).

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Forms

faintens, faintening, faintened, faintened

Base form	fainten · to fainten
3rd person singular	faintens
Present participle	faintening
Past simple	faintened
Past participle	faintened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	fainten
he, she, it	faintens

Past simpleLesson

all persons

faintened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have faintened
he, she, it	has faintened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will fainten

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

failureB1 faintB1 faintly fairA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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