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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Long \Long\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Longed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Longing}.] [AS. langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch
out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. lang
long. See {Long}, a.]
1. To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for
something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or
by for or after.
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I long to see you. --Rom. i. 11.
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I have longed after thy precepts. --Ps. cxix.
40.
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I have longed for thy salvation. --Ps. cxix.
174.
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Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with
fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]
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The labor which that longeth unto me. --Chaucer.
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