2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak.

The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep

himself from starving.

Locke.

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.

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