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a-swoon
a-swoon, advb. phr. (əˈswuːn) Forms: 4–5 aswoune, aswounne, aswowne, a swowen, a swoun(e, a swown(e, 5 a-swoone, 7– aswoon, a-swoon. [Also written a swoune, expanded on swoune, and most commonly from 1325 to 1500 in swoune, in swowne, after 1500 in a swown(e, sown(e, swoon; as if f. a prep.1 + swoon...
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a-swound
a-ˈswound, advb. phr. arch. Also 6–7 asound. [Corruption of a-swown, the earlier form of a-swoon: see swoon and swound. Apparently not connected with the earlier aswounde from aswind.] In a swoon.1634 Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 466 He was in hazard of falling a-sound.
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"I must swoon like a heroine in a film": Fainting at medical school
Initially, we asked why people faint and, in turn, why medical students in particular are so prone to it. "Fainting is very, very common, and is seen in up to 50% of patients in their lifetimes," explained Boon. Lily Copping suggested fainting may be more common in medical students as "we see a lot of gory things," while Anna Harvey ...
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aswowe
† aˈswough, aswow(e, adv. (or ppl. a.) Also 4–5 asuowe, aswo, aswou, aswowe, aswogh, assowe. [Interchanging in 14th c. with on swowe, in swowe, as if f. a- prep.1 + swough n.; but perhaps originally = iswowe:—iswowen:—OE. ᵹeswóᵹen senseless, fainted, pa. pple. of swóᵹan to overgrow, choke, in the ph...
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aswooned
aswooned, ppl. a. (əˈswuːnd) [Due to mixture of aswoon (which, in the Chaucer instance, the other MSS. read) and swooned, in ME. iswouned.] A-swoon, swooned.[Cf. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 1342 Twenti tyme Iswounyd hath sche thanne (v.r. y-swowned, i-swowned, i-swonyd, swouned, swowned, -yd, yswounded).]...
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