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Definition of Fained
1. fain [v] - See also: fain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fained
Literary usage of Fained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... With tales new, and many fained lie, ... With fained port and presumption, "
And can himselfe now best magnifie They ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"[fained Gear. What?] " BE strong, saith St. Paul, having your loins girt about—some
get them girdles with great knots, as though they would be surely girt, ..."
3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1830)
"... friendship and esteem of the people, drew upon him proportionably the hatred
of the greatest part of the grandees and nobility. fained him great honour. ..."
4. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1892)
"... fained. The adoption of the Constitution left the anti- 'ederal party without
a cause; there was no organized opposition to the Federal party, ..."
5. Thomas. Cooper. Bishop of Winchester. An Admonition to the People of England by Thomas Cooper (1882)
"... Libels of late published "under a fained and fonde name of MARTIN MARPRELATE.
( H my good Brethren and louing Countrey men, what a lamentable thing is ..."
6. Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and Marquis of Pombal by George Moore (1814)
"... fained, had he not been seconded by the views of Alberoni. When it was proposed
in the Spanish cabinet to send ships and troops in deference to his ..."
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