Definition of amain
1 : with all one's might the soul strives amain to live and work — R. W. Emerson
2 archaic a : at full speedb : in great haste
3 archaic : to a high degree : exceedingly they whom I favour thrive in wealth amain — John Milton
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conflicting ideals that social philosophers have struggled amain to reconcile
1540
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1540
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