2. (n.) Dear; beloved.
3. (n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
4. (adv.) Willing; disposed.
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.