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   yearn

   /jəːn/

   verb

   • 1. have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from: "she yearned for a glimpse of him"
   • ▪ be filled with compassion or warm feeling: "no fellow spirit yearned towards her"

   Word Origin Old Englishgiernan, from a Germanic base meaning ‘eager’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. yearner noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • Y

     4

   • E

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • N

     1

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