yearn

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Etymology [edit]

From Old English giernan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijanan.

Verb [edit]

yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)

  1. (intransitive, construed with for) To long, have a strong desire (for something).
    • All I yearn for is a simple life.
  2. (intransitive, construed with for) To long back with melancholy, nostalgically

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