fain
fain is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak. The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. Locke.
- 2.With joy; gladly; -- with wold. He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke xv.
- 3.Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak.
- 4.To be glad ; to wish or desire. [Obs.] Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is fain.
- What is satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak. The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. Locke called?
- What is with joy; gladly; -- with wold. He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke xv called?
- What is fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak called?
- What is to be glad ; to wish or desire. [Obs.] Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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