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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