Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Fain

/fān/ · IPA /feɪn/

01 a. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

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.
“The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving.” — Locke.

02 adv. With joy; gladly; -- with wold.

1.
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.

03 v. t. & i. To be glad ; to wish or desire.

1.
To be glad ; to wish or desire.[Obs.]
“Whoso fair thing does fain to see.” — Spencer.