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Definition of Lingering
1. Noun. The act of tarrying.
Definition of Lingering
1. a. Delaying.
Definition of Lingering
1. Verb. (present participle of linger) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lingering
1. linger [v] - See also: linger
Medical Definition of Lingering
1. 1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. "To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly." (Rambler) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lingering
Literary usage of Lingering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"The Une. of Forceps and its Alternatives in Lingering Labours. ... In lingering
labour, when the head is in the pelvic cavity, the forceps ¡3 better than ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"why should they lingering stay ? Off! off! with arms, with gold, with robes; ...
Yet here we are lingering, you and I; I on the earth, ..."
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