Yearn Definition

yûrn

yearned, yearning, yearns

verb

yearned, yearning, yearns

To be filled with longing or desire.

Webster's New World

To feel tenderness or sympathy.

Webster's New World

(intransitive, construed with f) To long, have a strong desire (for something).

Wiktionary

(intransitive, construed with f) To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

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Origin of Yearn

Middle English yernen from Old English geornan, giernan gher-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English giernan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijanÄ….

From Wiktionary
See yearning (“rennet").

From Wiktionary