beyearn

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/bɪˈjɜː(ɹ)n/

verb

To yearn over or about; yearn for; long for; desire.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person beyearns · participle present beyearning · participle past beyearned · past beyearned

  1. transitiveTo yearn over or about; yearn for; long for; desire.

    To thee I came as her kind heart beyearned: [...]

    1948, Dante Alighieri, Patrick Cummins, Dante, theologian: the Divine comedy
    1 more example

    [...] and beyearned the crumb of gold he did possess.

    1964, Rainer Maria Rilke, James Blair Leishman, New poems

Origin

From be- + yearn.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

beanery
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APA

beyearn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyearn

MLA

“beyearn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyearn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beyearn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyearn.

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