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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fain .
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Examples
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He fains loss of memory, or that it was too hard to talk about or that he wasn't allowed to talk about it.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Mr. Gre-ville had a good education: he must have taken fains to render vain the pious precepts of his wor-thy father; and still more to make a jest of them.
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To which purpose she useth all inventions imaginable, running too and again about the house bare-necked, and her breasts raised up; or comes to his bedside all unlaced, or fains to sit sleeping by the fire side with her coats up to her knees, against her Master comes home, with the key in his Pocket, merrily disposed, from his Companions; or with
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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He was not a mile off but fains to gett a falle and sighed that his arme was broken.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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Ah To initially objects and fains illness, but soon thereafter agrees to the marriage when he finds bride to be, Yumiko Kōda ( "Kung Zi" in Mandarin), is attractive.
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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Ah To initially objects and fains illness, but soon thereafter agrees to the marriage when he finds bride to be, Yumiko Kōda
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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Ah To initially objects and fains illness, but soon thereafter agrees to the marriage when he finds bride to be, Yumiko Kōda
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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Ah To initially objects and fains illness, but soon thereafter agrees to the marriage when he finds bride to be, Yumiko Kōda
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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Ah To initially objects and fains illness, but soon thereafter agrees to the marriage when he finds bride to be, Yumiko Kōda
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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Ah To initially objects and fains illness, but soon thereafter agrees to the marriage when he finds bride to be, Yumiko Kōda ( "Kung Zi" in Mandarin), is attractive.
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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