fain

adjective · adverb · verbA1

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adjective
Comparative
more fainmost fain
Superlative
faine
  1. 1.

    (UK, archaic, dialectal, poetic)(chiefly UK, dialectal, or poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.

  2. 2.

    (UK, archaic, dialectal)Chiefly followed by to, or (obsolete) for or of: eager or willing, or inclined.

    Đồng nghĩa: disposed, keen, lief, raring

  3. 3.

    (archaic, obsolete)(obsolete, except in fair and fain) Favourable, well-disposed.

  4. 4.

    (archaic, obsolete)Accustomed, apt, wont.

Trạng từ

adverb
Comparative
fainerfainest
Superlative
faine
  1. 1.

    Chiefly preceded or followed by would.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
fains
V_ing/Gerund
faining
V_ed/pp
fainedno-table-tags
  1. 1.

    (archaic, obsolete, rare, transitive)To be delighted or glad about (someone or something); to rejoice in; also, to favour or prefer (someone or something).

  2. 2.

    (archaic, obsolete, transitive)To make (someone) glad; to gladden; hence, to congratulate (someone); to welcome (someone).

    Đồng nghĩa: delight, perk up, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, fetch, cheer up, cherish, content, delight, elate, elevate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, perk up, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart

  3. 3.

    (Germanic, archaic, intransitive, obsolete)To celebrate or worship; specifically, to offer an oblation which is not a sacrificial blót (“ceremonial offering”).

  4. 4.

    (archaic, intransitive, obsolete)Chiefly followed by of, in, on, or to: to be delighted or glad; to rejoice.

  5. 5.

    (archaic, intransitive, obsolete)To desire, to wish.

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Đồng nghĩa

disposedkeenliefraringdelightperk upbeatifyenrapturebegladdenblissenbrightcheerfetchcheer upcherishcontentelateelevateenblissexhilarate

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English fain, from Old English fægen (happy, joyful, fain), from *fagan (glad), from Proto-Germanic *faganaz (glad), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (joyful; pretty).

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