'In vain' definitions:
Definition of 'in vain'
From: WordNet
adverb
To no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution" [syn: vainly, in vain]
Definition of 'In vain'
From: GCIDE
- Vain \Vain\, n. Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase
- in vain. [1913 Webster]
- For vain. See In vain. [Obs.] --Shak.
- In vain, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. " In vain doth valor bleed." --Milton. " In vain they do worship me." --Matt. xv. 9.
- To take the name of God in vain, to use the name of God with levity or profaneness. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'in vain'
From: GCIDE
- Vain \Vain\, n. Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase
- in vain. [1913 Webster]
- For vain. See In vain. [Obs.] --Shak.
- In vain, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. " In vain doth valor bleed." --Milton. " In vain they do worship me." --Matt. xv. 9.
- To take the name of God in vain, to use the name of God with levity or profaneness. [1913 Webster]