Definition of Longed

1. Verb. (past of ''long'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Longed

1. long [v] - See also: long

Lexicographical Neighbors of Longed

longbowmen
longbows
longcase
longcase clock
longcase clocks
longcases
longclaw
longclaws
longcloth
longcloths
longcut
longcuts
longdog
longe
longe line
longed (current term)
longed-for
longeing
longeing cavesson
longer
longeron
longerons
longers
longes
longest
longeth
longeval
longevities
longevity
longevous

Literary usage of Longed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... Agonies—Workers Dangerously Maddened—longed More ardently for Promised Redeemer—The Carpenter Already Born—Endorse His Plan of Salvation—The Slave ..."

2. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"Although I took pleasure in fortifying the health I so much longed for, yet I never left off working; both the chalice and the Mint had certainly as much of ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... towards those who longed for history of Christian art, from the predecessors of correct abuses by holding up an ideal. ..."

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