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yearning |
2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: yearning adj : full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds" [syn: {wistful}] n : prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: {longing}]
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