5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yearn  \Yearn\  (y[~e]rn),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Yearned};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Yearning}.]  [Also  earn,  ern;  probably  a  corruption  of 
  OE  ermen  to  grieve,  AS  ierman,  yrman,  or  geierman  geyrman, 
  fr  earm  wretched,  poor;  akin  to  D.  &  G.  arm,  Icel.  armr, 
  Goth.  arms.  The  y-  in  English  is  perhaps  due  to  the  AS  ge 
  (see  {Y-}).] 
  To  pain;  to  grieve;  to  vex.  [Obs.]  ``She  laments,  sir,  for 
  it  that  it  would  yearn  your  heart  to  see  it.''  --Shak. 
 
  It  yearns  me  not  if  men  my  garments  wear.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yearn  \Yearn\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  pained  or  distressed;  to  grieve;  to  mourn.  [Obs.] 
  ``Falstaff  he  is  dead,  and  we  must  yearn  therefore.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yearn  \Yearn\,  v.  i.  &  t.  [See  {Yearnings}.] 
  To  curdle,  as  milk.  [Scot.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yearn  \Yearn\,  v.  i.  [OE.  yernen,  [yogh]ernen,  [yogh]eornen,  AS 
  geornian,  gyrnan  fr  georn  desirous,  eager;  akin  to  OS  gern 
  desirous,  girnean  gernean,  to  desire,  D.  gaarne  gladly, 
  willingly,  G.  gern,  OHG.  gerno,  adv.,  gern,  a.,  G.  gier 
  greed,  OHG.  gir[=i]  greed,  ger  desirous,  ger[=o]n  to  desire, 
  G.  begehren  Icel.  girna  to  desire,  gjarn  eager,  Goth. 
  fa['i]huga['i]rns  covetous,  ga['i]rnjan  to  desire,  and 
  perhaps  to  Gr  chai`rein  to  rejoice,  be  glad,  Skr.  hary  to 
  desire,  to  like  [root]33.] 
  To  be  filled  with  longing  desire;  to  be  harassed  or  rendered 
  uneasy  with  longing,  or  feeling  the  want  of  a  thing  to 
  strain  with  emotions  of  affection  or  tenderness;  to  long;  to 
  be  eager. 
 
  Joseph  made  haste;  for  his  bowels  did  yearn  upon  his 
  brother;  and  he  sought  where  to  weep.  --Gen.  xliii. 
  30. 
 
  Your  mother's  heart  yearns  towards  you  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  yearn 
  v  1:  desire  strongly  or  persistently  [syn:  {hanker},  {long}] 
  2:  have  a  yen  for  [syn:  {long},  {ache},  {yen},  {pine},  {languish}] 
  3:  have  affection  for  feel  tenderness  for 

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