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Yearn (y&etilde_;rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yearned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yearning.] [Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. ge (see Y-).] To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] “She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it.” Shak.
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It yearns me not if men my garments wear.
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Yearn, v. i. & t. [See Yearnings.] To curdle, as milk. [Scot.]
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