Usually means: Gladly, willingly, pleased to do.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word Fain:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. fain: Merriam-Webster
  2. fain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fain: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fain, fa'in, fain: Wordnik
  7. Fain, fain: Wiktionary
  8. fain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. fain: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Fain, fain: Dictionary.com
  11. fain: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Fain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. fain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. fain: Rhymezone
  15. Fain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. fain: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. fain: FreeDictionary.org
  18. fain: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. fain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. fain: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fain: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. FAIN: Acronym Finder
  3. fain: A Word A Day

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FAIN: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fain: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Fain)

adjective:  (chiefly UK, dialectal, or poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
adjective:  Glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative.
adjective:  (by extension) Compelled or obliged to.
adjective:  (UK, dialectal) Chiefly followed by to, or (obsolete) for or of: eager or willing, or inclined.
adjective:  (obsolete, except in fair and fain) Favourable, well-disposed.
adjective:  (obsolete) Accustomed, apt, wont.
adverb:  Chiefly preceded or followed by would.
adverb:  With joy or pleasure; gladly.
adverb:  By choice or will; willingly.
verb:  (transitive)
verb:  (archaic or obsolete, rare) To be delighted or glad about (someone or something); to rejoice in; also, to favour or prefer (someone or something).
verb:  (obsolete) To make (someone) glad; to gladden; hence, to congratulate (someone); to welcome (someone).
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  (Germanic paganism) To celebrate or worship; specifically, to offer an oblation which is not a sacrificial blót (“ceremonial offering”).
verb:  (obsolete) Chiefly followed by of, in, on, or to: to be delighted or glad; to rejoice.
verb:  (obsolete) To desire, to wish.
noun:  A surname.

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