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ad. Happily; gladly: "I would fain improve every opportunity to wonder and worship, as a sunflower welcomes the light” ( Henry David Thoreau).

ad. Archaic Preferably; rather.

adj. Archaic Ready; willing.

adj. Archaic Pleased; happy.

adj. Archaic Obliged or required.

adj. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

adj. Satisfied; contented.

ad. With joy; gladly.

v. To be delighted or glad; to rejoice

v. To gladden

adj. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

adj. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.

ad. With joy; gladly; -- with wold.

v. To be glad ; to wish or desire.

Glad; pleased; rejoiced: used absolutely or followed by an infinitive: as, I am fain to see you.

Glad, in a relative sense; content or willing to accept an alternative to something better but unattainable: followed by an infinitive: as, he was fain to run away.

Gladly; with pleasure or content: with would.

To be fain; be glad; rejoice.

To fawn. See fawn, verb

To fill with gladness; cause to rejoice.

To wish; desire; long.

To acquiesce in; accept with reluctance, as an alternative.

An obsolete spelling of feign (retained in the derivative faint).

ad. in a willing manner

adj. having made preparations

"[56] Morris became so intolerant of French vocables that he detested and would "fain" have eschewed the very word literature."

willing   

faim   

well-pleased    glad    apt    wont    fond    inclined    satisfied    contented    gladly   

Alane    Aquitaine    Ayn    Bahrain    Biscayne    Blaine    Cain    Chain    Champagne    Champaign   

Winna    dee    simpel    Gae    wald    war-hero