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# fain

«fain» in Mova's school dictionary: **gladly or willingly; «would fain» means would like very…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (old use, mostly in 'would fain')

### meaning for a pupil

Fain means gladly or willingly; «would fain» means would like very much to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fain/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a hero says «I would fain» to mean «I would very much like to»

### examples

- I would fain see the king's son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fain/#x1)
- She would fain go home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fain/#x2)
- I would fain sleep now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fain/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.692/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.