"aswoon" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /əˈswuːn/
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: a- + swoon Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|swoon}} a- + swoon Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} aswoon (not comparable)
  1. In a swoon; swooningly. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-aswoon-en-adv-5c~NoIc0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-

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          "text": "'This is your daughter whom you so commended / As wife for me; the other on my oath / Shall be my heir as I have long intended, / They are the children of your body, both.' [...] / On hearing this Griselda fell aswoon / In piteous joy, but made recovery / And called her children to her.",
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