Yearned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yearn \Yearn\ (y[~e]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. --Shak.
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