Fain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fain	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fain adv in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" Synonym(s): gladly, lief, fain adj having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fain \Fain\, a. [OE. fain, fagen, AS. f[91]gen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. f[91]gnian to rejoice, OS. fagan[omac]n, Icel. fagna, Goth. fagin[omac]n, cf. Goth. fah[emac]ds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr {Fair}, a., and cf. {Fawn} to court favor.] 1. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined. Men and birds are fain of climbing high. --Shak. To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. --Shak. The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fain \Fain\, adv. With joy; gladly; -- with wold. He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. --Luke xv. 16. Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fain \Fain\, v. t. & i. To be glad; to wish or desire. [Obs.] Whoso fair thing does fain to see. --Spencer.