Fain

a.	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. The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. - Locke.
adv.	1.	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.
v. t. & i.	1.	To be glad ; to wish or desire. Whoso fair thing does fain to see. - Spencer.

Adj.	1.	fain - having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" Synonyms: disposed, prepared, inclined
Adv.	1.	fain - in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" Synonyms: gladly, lief

aching for, acquiescent, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, ardent, bent on, compliant, consenting, content, cooperative, crazy to, desirous of, disposed, docile, dying for, dying to, eager, enthusiastic, fain of, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, fond of, forward, game, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, inclined toward, itching for, keen on, leaning toward, mad on, minded, partial to, pliant, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, set on, spoiling for, tractable, well-disposed, well-inclined, wild to, willed, willing, willinghearted, zealous

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