fain
fain 7 BrE [feɪn] NAmE [feɪn] adverb (old use) willingly or with pleasure •I would fain do as you ask. Word Origin: [fain] Old English fægen ‘happy, well pleased’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘rejoice’; related to ↑fawn ‘to try to please someone by paying them too much attention’.
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