YEARN
\jˈɜːn], \jˈɜːn], \j_ˈɜː_n]\
Definitions of YEARN
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- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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desire strongly or persistently
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have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
By Princeton University
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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To pain; to grieve; to vex.
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To feel an earnest desire; to have an uneasy feeling from longing, tenderness or pity; to be strained; to be pained or distressed.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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YEARNINGLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To shiver or quiver with desire or other emotion; to have a great desire stretching towards an object or end; to feel great internal uneasiness from a longing desire towards, or pity for; to long.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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