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longing |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 after or for I long to see you --Rom. i. 11. I have longed after thy precepts. --Ps. cxix. 40. I have longed for thy salvation. --Ps. cxix. 174. Nicomedes longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea. --Arbuthnot. 2. To belong; -- used with to unto, or for [Obs.] The labor which that longeth unto me --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Longing \Long"ing\, n. An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration. Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: longing n : prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: {yearning}]
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