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Fain
Fain Fain, v. t. & i.
To be glad; to wish or desire. [Obs.]
Whoso fair thing does fain to see. --Spencer.
FainFain Fain, a. [OE. fain, fagen, AS. f[ae]gen; akin to OS.
fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice, OS.
fagan[=o]n, Icel. fagna, Goth. fagin[=o]n, cf. Goth.
fah[=e]ds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr Fair,
a., and cf. Fawn to court favor.]
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. Fain
Fain Fain, adv.
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.
Meaning of Fain from wikipedia
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Fain may
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Fain (surname)
Fain Skinner (born 1985),
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United States Fain, a
character in the...
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Shawn Fain (born 1968) is an
American labor unionist who has
served as
president of the
United Auto
Workers (UAW)
since March 2023. An
electrician by trade...
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American bridge player Benjamin Fain (1930–2013),
Israeli physicist Ferris Fain (1921–2001),
American baseball player Harry Fain (1918–2007)...
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Sammy Fain (born
Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 –
December 6, 1989) was an
American composer of po****r music. In the 1920s and
early 1930s, he contributed...
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Ferris Roy
Fain (March 29, 1921 –
October 18, 2001) was an
American professional baseball player. He pla**** as a
first baseman in
Major League Baseball...
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Holley Fain (born
August 28, 1981) is an
American actress,
known for her
roles as Dr.
Julia Canner on the ABC
medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, and...
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Richard Alexander Fain (born
February 29, 1968) is an
American former professional football player who was a
cornerback in the
National Football League...
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ranchers in the 1880s,
raising beef to
supply the
miners and new settlers. The
Fain family,
pioneer ranchers,
still ranch in the valley.
Thomas Gibson Barlow-M****icks...
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Joseph Fainer (1 May 1930 - 2016) was a
Holocaust survivor and
educator who do****ented his
experiences in his 2012 memoir,
Silent for
Sixty Years.
Fainer was...
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Elizabeth Craft and
Sarah Fain are
American television screenwriters and producers,
mostly working together as partners. They have also
written two young...
