Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fain
Participle: fained
Gerund: faining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fain |
| you | fain |
| he;she;it | fains |
| we | fain |
| you | fain |
| they | fain |
Perfect
| I | have fained |
| you | have fained |
| he;she;it | has fained |
| we | have fained |
| you | have fained |
| they | have fained |
Past
| I | fained |
| you | fained |
| he;she;it | fained |
| we | fained |
| you | fained |
| they | fained |
Pluperfect
| I | had fained |
| you | had fained |
| he;she;it | had fained |
| we | had fained |
| you | had fained |
| they | had fained |
Future
| I | will fain |
| you | will fain |
| he;she;it | will fain |
| we | will fain |
| you | will fain |
| they | will fain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fained |
| you | will have fained |
| he;she;it | will have fained |
| we | will have fained |
| you | will have fained |
| they | will have fained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fain |
| you | fain |
| he;she;it | fain |
| we | fain |
| you | fain |
| they | fain |
Perfect
| I | have fained |
| you | have fained |
| he;she;it | have fained |
| we | have fained |
| you | have fained |
| they | have fained |
Imperfect
| I | fained |
| you | fained |
| he;she;it | fained |
| we | fained |
| you | fained |
| they | fained |
Pluperfect
| I | had fained |
| you | had fained |
| he;she;it | had fained |
| we | had fained |
| you | had fained |
| they | had fained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fain |
| you | would fain |
| he;she;it | would fain |
| we | would fain |
| you | would fain |
| they | would fain |
Perfect
| I | would have fained |
| you | would have fained |
| he;she;it | would have fained |
| we | would have fained |
| you | would have fained |
| they | would have fained |
Imperative
| you | fain |
| we | Let's fain |
| you | fain |
Verbs conjugated like 'fain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fain'
fail,
faine,
faint,
fair,
fan,
fawn,
fin,
foin,
gain,
hain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
fægen, fagen "glad, cheerful, happy," from a common Gmc. root (cf. O.N.
feginn "glad," O.H.G.
faginon, Goth.
faginon "to rejoice").
2. From Middle English fainen (“to be glad or joyful, rejoice; to make happy, gladden; to welcome; of an animal: to show happiness, as by wagging the tail; to act fawningly or flatteringly”), from Old English fæġnian (“to be glad, rejoice; to celebrate; to be delighted with, applaud; to wish for”), from Proto-West Germanic *faginōn (“to be glad, rejoice; to make glad, gladden”), from Proto-Germanic *faginōną (“to be glad, rejoice”), from *faganaz (“glad”): see further at etymology 1. Doublet of fawn. See: Proto-Germanic '
*faginōną'.
Sample Sentences
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Hovv often vvould the Svvaines prepare their Morrice & their May / To haue a ſight of her, vvhen all enamoured vvent their vvay? / The ſprevvſeſt Citie-Lads for her vvould faine the Countrie-aire, / And that their prouder Girles had but adultrate beauties ſvvaire, […] [1606, William Warner, “The Sixteenth Booke. Chapter CI.”, in A Continuance of Albions England: […], London: […] Felix Kyngston [and Richard Bradock?] for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 399:]
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A diſtaffe in her other hand ſhe had, / Vpon the vvhich ſhe litle ſpinnes, but ſpils, / And faynes to vveaue falſe tales and leaſings bad, / To throvv amongſt the good, vvhich others had diſprad. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 36, page 351:]