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yearn

Part of speech: Verb

To feel an earnest desire; wish with eager longing.

Usage examples "yearn":

For Thee our waiting spirits yearn, For Thee this house of praise we rear; To Thee with longing hearts we turn; Come, fix Thy glorious presence here. - "The Story of Our Hymns", Ernest Edwin Ryden.
But sometimes I do yearn for a word of praise for it; and that word never comes. - "Foul Play", Charles Reade Dion Boucicault.
Supposing thou dost marry, thou wilt yearn For that which thou dost want; in fact, desire- The wisdom shaped for older heads to learn, And well designed to tame Youth's giddy fire: The wisdom, conflicts with the world inspire, Such as, perchance, I may myself possess, Though I am but a man, as was my sire, And own not wisdom such as gods may bless; For man is naught, and naught is nothingness. - "The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1", Robert H. Newell.