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  1. 1. a. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Source: opted
  3. 3. adv. With joy; gladly; -- with wold. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. & i. To be glad ; to wish or desire. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. having made preparations Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adv. with pleasure Source: wordnet
  7. 7. With joy; gladly; -- with wold.He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine dideat. Luke xv. 16.Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak. Source: adambom
  8. 8. r:100 s having made preparations r in a willing manner Source: ecdict

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