† pasme Obs. rare.
[a. OF. pasme (Godef.) swoon, faint = Pr. pasme, Sp., Pg. pasmo (and espasmo), It. spasimo:—L. spasmus spasm n., treated as ex-pasmus, pasmus, and with altered meaning; cf. mod.F. pâmer to faint.]
A swoon.
| 1591 Greene Farew. Folly Wks. (Grosart) IX. 315 Semy⁓ramis no sooner heard of the death of hir husbande, but she fell into a pasme, and was hardly brought to life. |