Bible Dictionaries
Lief
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(adv.) Willing; disposed.
(2):
(n.) Dear; beloved.
(3):
(n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
(4):
(n.) Same as Lif.
(5):
(n.) A dear one; a sweetheart.
(6):
(adv.) Gladly; willingly; freely; - now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lief'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lief.html. 1828.