yearn

1. v. t. To pain; to grieve; to vex. Source: opted

2. v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. Source: opted

3. v. i. & t. To curdle, as milk. Source: opted

4. v. i. 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. Source: opted

5. v. desire strongly or persistently Source: wordnet

6. v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present Source: wordnet

7. v. have affection for; feel tenderness for Source: wordnet

8. 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. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. [Obs.] "Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore." Shak. To curdle, as milk. [Scot.] 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. Source: webster

9. 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. Source: adambom

10. v:100 v. have affection for; feel tenderness for Source: ecdict

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