What is willing; disposed. [Obs.] I am not lief to gab. Chaucer. He up arose, however lief or loth. Spenser called?
lief — Willing; disposed. [Obs.] I am not lief to gab. Chaucer. He up arose, however lief or loth. Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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