beyearn

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ yearn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɪˈjɜː(ɹ)n/

Verb

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

(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.

Anagrams

beanery