Definition of fain in English:

fain

adjective feɪnfeɪn

archaic

1with infinitive Pleased or willing under the circumstances.
the traveller was fain to proceed
Example sentencesExamples
- He held out his hand watching me, but I fain to think that I would still question myself, pulled away.’
2with infinitive Compelled by the circumstances; obliged.
he was fain to acknowledge that the agreement was sacrosanct
Example sentencesExamples
- This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two about the propriety of every person minding his own business.
- If you would grant but my request, I then most surely should be blest; But if you treat me with disdain, To hang myself I now would fain; Then pray consent and make me thine, To save from death your Valentine.
- In Smith's Discourse of the Commonweal, a maker of caps is made to say: ‘I am fain to give my journeymen twopence in a day more than I was wont to do, and yet they say they cannot sufficiently live thereon.

adverb feɪnfeɪn

archaic

Gladly.
I am weary and would fain get a little rest
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Depend upon it that, rude and careless as I am, I would fain practice the yoga faithfully,’ he writes.
- There was something else which she would fain have said, and she stabbed with her finger into the air in the direction of the Doctor's [i.e. her stepfather's room], but a fresh convulsion seized her and choked her words.
- With such a comrade, such a friend, I fain would walk till journeys end,
- And I fain would think that this world of ours is a good world after all.
- I would fain be friends with you, for their sake.
Synonyms
with pleasure, happily, cheerfully

Origin

Old English fægen 'happy, well pleased', of Germanic origin, from a base meaning 'rejoice'; related to fawn².

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne

Definition of fain in US English:

fain

adjectivefeɪnfān

archaic

1Pleased or willing under the circumstances.
the traveler was fain to proceed
Example sentencesExamples
- He held out his hand watching me, but I fain to think that I would still question myself, pulled away.’
1. 1.1 Compelled by the circumstances; obliged.
  he was fain to acknowledge that the agreement was sacrosanct
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you would grant but my request, I then most surely should be blest; But if you treat me with disdain, To hang myself I now would fain; Then pray consent and make me thine, To save from death your Valentine.
  In Smith's Discourse of the Commonweal, a maker of caps is made to say: ‘I am fain to give my journeymen twopence in a day more than I was wont to do, and yet they say they cannot sufficiently live thereon.
  This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two about the propriety of every person minding his own business.

adverbfeɪnfān

archaic

With pleasure; gladly.
I am weary and would fain get a little rest
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Depend upon it that, rude and careless as I am, I would fain practice the yoga faithfully,’ he writes.
- And I fain would think that this world of ours is a good world after all.
- I would fain be friends with you, for their sake.
- There was something else which she would fain have said, and she stabbed with her finger into the air in the direction of the Doctor's [i.e. her stepfather's room], but a fresh convulsion seized her and choked her words.
- With such a comrade, such a friend, I fain would walk till journeys end,
Synonyms
with pleasure, happily, cheerfully

Origin

Old English fægen ‘happy, well pleased’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘rejoice’; related to fawn.

单词	fain
释义	Definition of fain in English: fain adjective feɪnfeɪn archaic 1with infinitive Pleased or willing under the circumstances. the traveller was fain to proceed Example sentencesExamples He held out his hand watching me, but I fain to think that I would still question myself, pulled away.’ 2with infinitive Compelled by the circumstances; obliged. he was fain to acknowledge that the agreement was sacrosanct Example sentencesExamples This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two about the propriety of every person minding his own business. If you would grant but my request, I then most surely should be blest; But if you treat me with disdain, To hang myself I now would fain; Then pray consent and make me thine, To save from death your Valentine. In Smith's Discourse of the Commonweal, a maker of caps is made to say: ‘I am fain to give my journeymen twopence in a day more than I was wont to do, and yet they say they cannot sufficiently live thereon. adverb feɪnfeɪn archaic Gladly. I am weary and would fain get a little rest Example sentencesExamples ‘Depend upon it that, rude and careless as I am, I would fain practice the yoga faithfully,’ he writes. There was something else which she would fain have said, and she stabbed with her finger into the air in the direction of the Doctor's [i.e. her stepfather's room], but a fresh convulsion seized her and choked her words. With such a comrade, such a friend, I fain would walk till journeys end, And I fain would think that this world of ours is a good world after all. I would fain be friends with you, for their sake. Synonyms with pleasure, happily, cheerfully Origin Old English fægen 'happy, well pleased', of Germanic origin, from a base meaning 'rejoice'; related to fawn². Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne Definition of fain in US English: fain adjectivefeɪnfān archaic 1Pleased or willing under the circumstances. the traveler was fain to proceed Example sentencesExamples He held out his hand watching me, but I fain to think that I would still question myself, pulled away.’ 1.1 Compelled by the circumstances; obliged. he was fain to acknowledge that the agreement was sacrosanct Example sentencesExamples If you would grant but my request, I then most surely should be blest; But if you treat me with disdain, To hang myself I now would fain; Then pray consent and make me thine, To save from death your Valentine. In Smith's Discourse of the Commonweal, a maker of caps is made to say: ‘I am fain to give my journeymen twopence in a day more than I was wont to do, and yet they say they cannot sufficiently live thereon. This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two about the propriety of every person minding his own business. adverbfeɪnfān archaic With pleasure; gladly. I am weary and would fain get a little rest Example sentencesExamples ‘Depend upon it that, rude and careless as I am, I would fain practice the yoga faithfully,’ he writes. And I fain would think that this world of ours is a good world after all. I would fain be friends with you, for their sake. There was something else which she would fain have said, and she stabbed with her finger into the air in the direction of the Doctor's [i.e. her stepfather's room], but a fresh convulsion seized her and choked her words. With such a comrade, such a friend, I fain would walk till journeys end, Synonyms with pleasure, happily, cheerfully Origin Old English fægen ‘happy, well pleased’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘rejoice’; related to fawn.
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