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Webster 1913 Edition
Linger
Lin′ger
(lĭṉ′gẽr)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lingered
(lĭṉ′gẽrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lingering
.] To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
Nor cast one longing,
lingering
look behind. Gray.
Syn. – To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
Lin′ger
,Verb.
T.
1.
To protract; to draw out.
[Obs.]
She
lingers
my desires. Shakespeare
2.
To spend or pass in a lingering manner; – with out;
as, to
. linger
out one’s days on a sick bedDryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Linger
LIN'GER
, v.i.1.
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow.Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind.
Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not. 2Peter 2.
2.
To hesitate; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense.Perhaps thou lingerest, in deep thought detained.
3.
To remain long in any state. The patient lingers on a bed of sickness.LIN'GER
,Verb.
T.