2. Verb. (third-person singular of long) ¹
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Definition of Longs
1. long [v] - See also: long
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longs
Literary usage of Longs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... and longs to devote himself entirely to God, but is mastered by his old habits;
is still further roused by the history of St. Antony, and the conversion ..."
2. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe (1794)
"I know that fong well ; it is a French fong, one of the favourite longs of my
dear country." This vras the ballad Emily had heard on a former night, ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... and longs to devote himself entirely to God, but is mastered by his old habits;
is still further roused by the history of St. Antony, and the conversion ..."