Definition of Faine

1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of fane) ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete spelling of fain) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Faine

1. to feign [v FAINED, FAINING, FAINES] - See also: feign

Lexicographical Neighbors of Faine

failover
failovers
failproof
fails
failsafe
failure
failure rate
failure to thrive
failureproof
failures
fain
fainaigue
fainaigued
fainaigues
fainaiguing
faine (current term)
faineance
faineances
faineant
faineants
fained
fainer
faines
fainest
faining
fainites
fainly
fainness
fains
faint

Literary usage of Faine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"They had laid a litle deck over her midships to keepe ye corne drie, but ye men were faine to stand it out all weathers without shelter; and y' time [139] ..."

2. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle (1865)
"... portmanteau for cod : So much treason is in his male, Of falseness for to faine a tale. 1132-1154. One of the most palpable characteristics of the ..."

3. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"... with that hee beat the old man soundly, so that Miles was faine to take him off, and put the old man out of doore, so after some laughing, ..."

4. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by J(ohn) Payne Collier (1866)
"He gives evidence to this fact himself, in his " Have with you to Saffron Walden," 1596, sign. E 3 h. "I am faine to let my plow stand ..."

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