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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Fain

/fān/ · IPA /feɪn/
01 a. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
  1. 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. 2.
    Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.
    “The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving.” — Locke.
02 adv. With joy; gladly; -- with wold.
  1. 1.
    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.
03 v. t. & i. To be glad ; to wish or desire.
  1. 1.
    To be glad ; to wish or desire.[Obs.]
    “Whoso fair thing does fain to see.” — Spencer.