beyearn

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ yearn.

Verb

beyearn (third-person singular simple present beyearns, present participle beyearning, simple past and past participle beyearned)

  1. (transitive) To yearn over or about; yearn for; long for; desire.
    • 1948, Dante Alighieri, Patrick Cummins, Dante, theologian: the Divine comedy:
      To thee I came as her kind heart beyearned: [...]
    • 1964, Rainer Maria Rilke, James Blair Leishman, New poems:
      [...] and beyearned the crumb of gold he did possess.

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