Yearn YEARN, YERN, v.i. [G. The sense is to strain, or stretch
forward. We have earnest from the same root.] 1. To be strained;
to be pained or distressed; to suffer. Falstaff, he is dead, and we
must yearn therefore. 2. Usually, to long; to feel an earnest desire;
that is literally, to have a desire or inclination stretching towards the
object or end. 1 Ki 3. Joseph made haste, for his bowels did yearn
upon his brother. Gen 43. Your mothers heart yearns toward you.
--Anticlus, unable to control, spoke loud the language of his yearning
soul. YEARN, YERN, v.t. To pain; to grieve; to vex. She
laments for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it. It yearns
me not if men my garments wear.
yearn
v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long,
yearn]
2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn:
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish]
3: have affection for; feel tenderness for
yearn v.intr. 1 (usu. foll. by for, after, or to + infin.) have a strong emotional longing. 2 (usu. foll. by to, towards) be filled with compassion or
tenderness. Derivatives: yearner n. yearning n. & adj. yearningly adv. Etymology: OE giernan f. a Gmc root meaning 'eager'
yearn
jə:n v.intr. 1 (usu. foll. by for, after, or to + infin.) have
a strong emotional longing. 2 (usu. foll. by to, towards) be filled with
compassion or tenderness. øøyearner n. yearning n. & adj. yearningly
adv. [OE giernan f. a Gmc root meaning 'eager']
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.
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.
yearn
jə:n v. long, pine, ache, hanker, itch, hunger, thirst, crave, have a craving, desire,
wish, want, fancy, prefer: I yearn to see the green-clad hills of home once more, Before my
vessel bears me from this mortal shore.
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