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Pronunciation : Fain
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. fain, fagen, AS. f?gen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. f?gnian to rejoice, OS. faganon, Icel. fagna, Goth. faginon, cf. Goth. faheds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr Fair, a., and cf. Fawn to court favor.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Fain
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Fain
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be glad ; to wish or desire. [Obs.] Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer.

t. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913