yearn

  • 21yearn´ing|ly — yearn|ing «YUR nihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. an earnest or strong desire; longing. 2. the condition of being moved with compassion. –adj. that yearns. –yearn´ing|ly, adverb …

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  • 22yearn|ing — «YUR nihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. an earnest or strong desire; longing. 2. the condition of being moved with compassion. –adj. that yearns. –yearn´ing|ly, adverb …

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  • 23yearn for — index lack, need Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24yearn — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English yernen, from Old English giernan; akin to Old High German gerōn to desire, Latin hortari to urge, encourage, Greek chairein to rejoice Date: before 12th century 1. to long persistently, wistfully, or… …

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  • 25yearn — verb a) To long, have a strong desire (for something). b) To long back with melancholy, nostalgically …

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  • 26yearn — verb ADVERB ▪ secretly ▪ desperately ▪ still ▪ always ▪ I ve always yearned to go stock car racing. PREPOSITION …

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  • 27yearn — Synonyms and related words: ache, covet, crave, desire, dream, fancy, hanker, hunger, itch, long, lust, pant, pine, prefer, thirst, want, wish, yen …

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  • 28yearn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. pine, long, hanker; grieve, mourn. See desire, lamentation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. want, crave, long for, fret, chafe, ache, grieve, mourn, droop, pine, languish, be eager for, be deSirous of, be… …

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  • 29yearn — see EUCHARIST …

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  • 30yearn — v. a. Wright’s L. P. p. 43; [eorne]. O. and N. 1202 v. n. Wright’s L. P. p. 63. AS. geornian …

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