swoon, swoun, swowne, swowenen, swowen

i. [A. S. swógan=to move or sweep noisily, to sough, to sigh, as the wind; Mid. Eng. swoghen to sigh deeply, to droop, to swoon (pa. par. iswoghen, iswowen); geswowung =a swooning; cf. Low Ger. swögen to sigh; swugten to sigh, to swoon.] To faint; to sink or fall into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers. swoôn, *swoun, *swoune, *swowne, *sound, subst. [SwoON, v.] The act of swooning; the state of one who has swooned; a faint; syncope; leipothymia. swoôn-ing, *swoan-ing, pr. par., a. & subst. [SWOON, v.] A. &. B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive : The act of fainting; a swoon, a faint. swoôn'-Ing-lý, adv. [Eng. swooning; -ly.] In a swooning manner; as one in a swoon. swoop, *swope (pa. t. * swep , swooped , pa. par. *yswopen, swooped ), v. i. & t. [A. S. swápan = to sweep along, to rush, to sweep; cogn. with Icel. sveipa to sweep, to swoop; sópa to sweep; cf. A. S. swifan =to move quickly; Ger.schweifen =to ramble. Sweep is a derivative from swoop .] IMG:content-0702.jpg:[blocks in formation] 1. To fall on suddenly and seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. 2. To dash upon while on the wing; to seize, as a bird of prey; as, a hawk swoops a chicken. swoop, s . [SwOOP, v .] The sudden pouncing of a bird of prey on its quarry; a sudden seizing, as of a quarry by a bird of prey. swõp, v. t. & i. [SWAP, v.] A. Trans.: To exchange, to barter, to swap. B. In trans.: To make an exchange; to barter. swop, s. [SwOP, v .] An exchange, a barter.