Yearn /(yẽrn)/

Yearn

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Yearned; p. pr. & vb. n. Yearning

  1. To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.]
    It yearns me not if men my garments wear.

Yearn

v. i.
  1. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. [Obs.]

Yearn

v. i. & t.
  1. To curdle, as milk. [Scot.]

Yearn

v. i.
  1. 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.