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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] "She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it." Shak. It yearns me not if men my garments wear. Shak.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. [Obs.] "Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore." Shak.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To curdle, as milk. [Scot.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep. Gen. xliii. 30. Your mother's heart yearns towards you. Addison.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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